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

I Can't Breathe

By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Boston Review | 03.21.2016

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Biopolitics

Placenta test for autism risk sparks serious concern

By Ann Griswold, Spectrum News | 03.21.2016

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Genomics

Whose Body, Whose Property, What Choice?

By Alison Irvine & Katayoun Chamany, Guest Contributors | 03.21.2016
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal
The Kabuki-cho entertainment district of Tokyo, Japan.

Chinese parents hiring surrogate moms in Japan through underground brokerage

By The Mainichi, The Mainichi | 03.19.2016

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Other Countries

Why Surrogacy Laws Must Be Established — the Story of the Ott-Dahls

By Keston Ott-Dahl, HuffPost | 03.18.2016

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Assisted Reproduction
Figure 3. Fundus of patient with retinitis pigmentosa, end stage (Pigment deposits are present all over the retina. Retinal vessels are very thin and optic disc is pale.) Hamel Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2006 1:40 doi:10.1186/1750-1172-1-40 (Wikimedia)

Texas Woman Is the First Person to Undergo Optogenetic Therapy

By Katherine Bourzac, MIT Technology Review | 03.18.2016

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Genomics

A look inside the Czech Republic’s booming fertility holiday industry

By Amy Speier, The Conversation | 03.17.2016

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Global Governance

The Limits of Personalized Medicine

By Timothy Caulfield, The Atlantic | 03.16.2016

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Genomics