Marcy Darnovsky
Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, speaks and writes widely on the politics of human biotechnology, focusing on their social justice and public interest implications. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Nature, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Law and Policy Review, Democracy, New Scientist and many others. She has appeared on dozens of television, radio, and online news shows and has been interviewed and cited in hundreds of news and magazine articles. She has worked as an organizer and advocate in a range of environmental and progressive political movements, and taught courses at Sonoma State University and at California State University East Bay. Her Ph.D. is from the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Publications
Despite the appearance of agreement, scientists are not of the same mind about the ethics and governance of human germline...
The fierce global controversy over whether to alter the genes of future children and generations just got fiercer. On the...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has taken what it clearly regards as a brave new step: it has openly...
In the News
California is being sued over its DNA collection practices, and the only thing that’s surprising is how long it took....
Three of the most influential scientific organizations in the world are calling for an urgent international effort to prevent scientists...
SAN FRANCISCO — Accusing the government of violating constitutional privacy rights, a trio of civil liberties groups is suing the...
Biopolitical Times
Abby Lippman, friend and colleague to the Center for Genetics and Society and myriad other social justice organizations, died on...
Scholars researching California’s twentieth-century legacy of eugenic sterilization, led by University of Michigan professor and Center for Genetics and Society ...
The biggest surprise of the year was probably the birth, in Mexico, of a baby who was conceived following controversial...
Talks and Testimonies
When you send your saliva to 23andme, you can get all kinds of genetic information — but now that it's...
Are designer babies going to become a reality in the near future?
On this episode Cormac speaks to former NASA...
Egg freezing has long offered hope for women who wish to delay having children. These days, some employers cover the...