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 flow of money is falling against a plain black background.

What’s behind those billion-dollar biotech deals? Often, a whole lot of hype

By Damian Garde, STAT | 11.28.2016

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U.S. States
Molecular image of an egg.

'No solid evidence' for IVF add-on success

By Deborah Cohen, BBC Panorama | 11.28.2016

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Civil Society

Review of Blame: A Novel

By Abby Lippman, Guest Contributor | 11.28.2016
Biopolitical Times
Animal Biotechnologies
Illustrative image of DNA strands and molecules.

Do Your Family Members Have a Right to Your Genetic Code?

By Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review | 11.22.2016

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Bioethics
Silhouette of a pregnant body is shown, with their face pointed down and holding their stomach.

Cambodia charges Australian nurse for running surrogacy clinic

By Prak Chan Thul, Reuters | 11.21.2016

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Global Governance
A clock's edges are shown spiraling into several other clocks.

Obama’s Science Advisors Are Worried About Future CRISPR Terrorism

By Daniel Oberhaus, VICE Motherboard | 11.21.2016

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Environmentalism
Illustrative art that represents faceless human individuals standing in line like dominoes. Some in the back have been knocked over and may potentially fall onto the next person in the line.

Why the Deaf Community Fears President Trump

By Sara Novic, VICE | 11.18.2016

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
A display of a human portrait face, from Heather Dewey-Hagborg's 2012 art project called “Stranger Visions.”

The Field of Synthetic Biology Runs on Speculative Fiction

By Jason Koebler, VICE Motherboard | 11.18.2016

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Synthetic Biology