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
An archived, black and white photo of David Starr Jordan who advocated eugenic practices.

Palo Alto committee debates whether Jordan school should keep its eugenicist namesake

By Jacqueline Lee, San Jose Mercury News | 11.17.2016

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Arts & Culture
A pregnant person stands close to a baby's crib.

With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage

By Didi Kirsten Tatlow, The New York Times | 11.17.2016

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Bioethics
Microscopic image of nerological cells-- as an example of nondividing cells.

DNA-editing breakthrough could fix 'broken genes' in the brain, delay ageing and cure incurable diseases

By Ian Johnston, The Independent [UK] | 11.16.2016

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Eugenics
Silver US Mail box, with the statement, "Approved by the Post-Master General." In the background of mailbox are leaves from a bush.

Abortion-By-Mail Study Outrages Opponents

By Phil Galewitz, KQED California Healthline | 11.16.2016

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U.S. States
Blueprint image of crystal structure of Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and "Target DNA"

CRISPR gene-editing tested in a person for the first time

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 11.15.2016

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Human Genetic Modification
Philip Morris cigarette advertisement that promote it as "luxury to the lips... preventing tongue and throat irritation."

Seeding Doubt: How Self-Appointed Guardians of “Sound Science” Tip the Scales Toward Industry

By Liza Gross, The Intercept | 11.15.2016

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Civil Society
In a darkened tunnel, the silhouette of a human figure flees.

Disgraced stem-cell entrepreneur under fresh investigation

By Alison Abbott, Nature News | 11.14.2016

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Biopolitics
A person is laying with their shirt lifted, so that the stomach is visible. Gripping a syringe full of hormone medication, the needle is pointed towards the pelvic area.

Increase in IVF complications raises concerns over use of fertility drugs

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian [US] | 11.13.2016

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Bioethics