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
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Cleaning the ‘Bangladeshi’: DNA and citizenship in contemporary India

By Suraj Gogoi, News Laundry | 05.28.2024

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Other Countries
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Today, ‘disability justice is reproductive justice’ — but that hasn’t always been the case

By Sara Luterman, The 19th News | 05.23.2024

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Society
Image is the multi-colored sign of Google's logo at the top of a building, in which each letter alternates in color in the order of blue for G, red for o, yellow for o, blue for g, green for l, and red for e.

Google promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizza

By Kylie Robison, The Verge | 05.23.2024

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Society
stop forced sterilization

It’s Time to End Forced Sterilization—And Write a New Reproductive Equity Story by and for Disabled People

By Ma’ayan Anafi, National Women's Law Center | 05.22.2024

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U.S. Federal
Image is a graphic of a vial with a red cap filled with blood, and a circle containing a zoom-in view of the blood inside the vial, which shows crescent-shaped blood cells indicative of sickle cell disease.

Innovative Thinking Could Make New Sickle Cell Treatments More Accessible

By Shobita Parthasarathy, Scientific American | 05.22.2024

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Human Genetic Modification
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How doctors are pressuring sickle cell patients into unwanted sterilizations

By Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.21.2024

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Society
Image is a graphic of an individual holding a vial that is depicted to contain sperm, with a graphic right next to it showing this being recorded on a piece of paper.

This Black Kansas woman couldn't find a sperm donor who looks like her. It's a nationwide problem

By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga, NPR | 05.14.2024

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U.S. Federal
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Study Reveals Public Opinion on Polygenic Embryo Screening for IVF

By Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School | 05.14.2024

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Assisted Reproduction