Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

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The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin collecting genetic data on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.
Genomics

A New Book Offers an Introduction to the Ethical Dimensions of Germline Gene Editing

By Adam Hayden, Science | 09.30.2019

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With Altered Inheritance, bioethicist Françoise Baylis has authored a vivid call to action that “aims to bridge the divides between theory, science, politics, and practice.”
Human Genetic Modification

It’s Past Time to Compensate Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization

By Emily Galpern | 09.25.2019
Biopolitical Times
Each passing year, more people die who would be eligible for reparations after involuntary sterilization in California.
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Dr. Stuart Newman: “It Seems to Me That We Are Headed for A Techno-Eugenic Future”

By Mohsen Abdelmoumen, American Herald Tribune | 09.05.2019

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Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies
A woman is resting on a hospital bed

We simply don’t know’: Egg donors face uncertain long-term risks

By Emily Woodruff, STAT | 01.28.2017

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
A container is filled with cotton swabs.

Family DNA Searches Seen as Crime-Solving Tool, and Intrusion on Rights

By Eli Rosenberg, The New York Times | 01.27.2017

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Racial Justice
Railroad tracks are blocked by a buffer stop.

ACMG Issues Statement Against Genome Editing in Embryos

By GenomeWeb, GenomeWeb | 01.26.2017

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Bioethics
Four pigs pear over a metal bar.

First human-pig 'chimera' created in milestone study

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 01.26.2017

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Stem Cells
A newborn baby's feet are shown, with a hospital tag on the left foot.

Sanctioned UK Trial of Mitochondrial Transfer Nears

By Jeff Lyon, The JAMA Network | 01.25.2017

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Assisted Reproduction
Three candles are lit in a darkened room.

California needs to do more than apologize to people it sterilized

By The Times editorial board, Los Angeles Times | 01.21.2017

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
Against a shirt with black and gold stripes, a sticker reads "Do you care?" in a thought/speech bubble.

Written evidence for the Genomics and Genome-Editing Inquiry of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

By Edward Hockings and Lewis Coyne, Ethics and Genetics [cites CGS] | 01.20.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
A prescription bottle lays on its side, with pills spilling out of its container

When a Study Cast Doubt on a Heart Pill, the Drug Company Turned to Tom Price

By Robert Faturechi , ProPublica | 01.19.2017

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Racial Justice