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Do Genes Shape Our Politics?
Pete Shanks, Biopolitical Times | 06.09.022
Long-time NY Times contributor Thomas Edsall has written several columns about studies purporting to show that political ideology is to a significant extent heritable. His aim is to understand political polarization, but the effect is to reinforce the idea that genes are destiny.
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Welcome, Daisy!
Daisy Boyd is CGS’ new summer intern through the Collective Rising program. Daisy is interested in improving awareness surrounding how assisted reproductive technologies impact not only individuals, but communities as well. She is currently studying Anthropology and Sociology at Mount Holyoke College, while pursuing The Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Certificate through the Five College Consortium. Through her work at CGS, she hopes to contribute to the current work being done in biopolitics and explore how this relates to her interests in reproductive justice.
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GENOME EDITING | ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
EUGENICS | GENOMICS | VARIOUS
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The Pandora’s Box of Embryo Testing Is Officially Open
Carey Goldberg, Bloomberg | 05.26.2022
By overselling the links between genes and disease risk, polygenic embryo testing companies promise parents more control over their future children’s risk of developing diseases. Critics argue that the scores are inaccurate and that the practice brings society closer to a eugenic future.
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An IVF Embryo Test Aims to Prevent Miscarriages: Is It Worth It?
Laura Hercher, Scientific American | 06.01.2022
Pervasive use of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy has generated controversy: some researchers contend that discarding embryos based on PGT-A ignores mounting evidence that some can yield a viable pregnancy.
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The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America
Linda Villarosa, The New York Times Magazine | 06.08.2022
In 1973, the Relf sisters were sterilized against their will and without their parents’ consent by a physician working in a federally funded clinic. What does the government owe them and the thousands of other survivors of eugenic sterilization?
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Science must overcome its racist legacy: Nature’s guest editors speak
Melissa Nobles, Chad Womack, Ambroise Wonkam, and Elizabeth Wathuti, Nature | 06.08.2022
The authors are currently working with Nature as guest editors to guide the creation of several special issues of the journal dedicated to examining racism in science. The goals are to raise awareness, encourage debate, and seek solutions-based approaches.
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Japan to undergo first U.N. disabilities committee review in August
Japan Times | 05.30.2022
The U.N. committee is likely to address the forced sterilizations of thousands of people with disabilities between 1948 and 1996 under Japan's eugenics protection law. In 2019, parliament approved state compensation for survivors, but as of March, only 990 people had received compensation.
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Science Must Not Be Used to Foster White Supremacy
Janet D. Stemwedel, Scientific American | 05.24.2022
Scientists must consider how their findings can be weaponized by white supremacists. They need to take an active role in fighting both violence and white supremacy, and to consider: what is the point of conducting studies on differences among racial groups?
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Australia Wields a New DNA Tool to Crack Missing-Person Mysteries
Oscar Schwartz, The New York Times | 05.28.2022
DNA phenotyping attempts to predict a person’s ancestry and physical traits, which could provide clues to identity even without a match with an existing sample in a database. The technique has raised serious concerns about racial profiling of suspects in criminal investigations, but using it to identify human remains may avoid some of these issues.
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