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

Experimental Human Cell Division Does Not a Baby Make

By Pete Shanks | 10.22.2025
Biopolitical Times
Assisted Reproduction
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Surrogacy Is a Multibillion-Dollar Business. Sometimes the Money Goes Missing.

By Ben Foldy, The Wall Street Journal | 10.21.2025

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U.S. Federal
The world's leading transhumanists aren't the voices you need to listen to about "AI safety."

Under a Mask of AI Doomerism, the Familiar Face of Eugenics

By Émile P. Torres, Truthdig | 10.17.2025

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Society
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He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?

By Pam Belluck, The New York Times | 10.17.2025

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Genomics
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Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda

By Jallicia A. Jolly, Sydney Curtis and Nicole Sessions, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2025

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U.S. Federal
graphic of doctor looking at genes and making judgments

The race to create the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess

By Julia Black, MIT Technology Review | 10.16.2025

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Genetic Selection
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Trump moves to push employers on IVF coverage and lower fertility drug costs

By Carter Sherman, The Guardian | 10.16.2025

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Policies
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Exposure to any germs could've killed her. 11 years later, she's living a normal life thanks to a gene therapy treatment.

By Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News | 10.15.2025

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Genomics