Feb 28, 2021 · Photo from Belly of the Beast, used by permission. Yesterday, California became the third state in the nation to provide reparations to survivors of coerced sterilization under 20 th century eugenics laws, and the first state to both notify and compensate those sterilized involuntarily in state women’s prisons.

A Review of Eggonomics: The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors Who Supply Them by Diane M. Tober. A recent journalistic investigation of the global egg trade at Bloomberg put the industry’s unregulated practices and their exploitative implications back in the spotlight.

Jul 11, 2024 · Louise Perry’s recent article in The Spectator cautions against “The quiet return of eugenics,” a threat she locates in preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic disorders. The technology is billed as a way for parents undergoing IVF to select which embryo to implant based on information about each embryo’s genetic risk factors and ...

Sep 9, 2020 · In August 1964, the North Carolina Eugenics Board met to decide if a 20-year-old Black woman should be sterilized. Because her name was redacted from the records, we call her Bertha. She was a single mother with one child who lived at the segregated O'Berry Center for African American adults with intellectual disabilities in Goldsboro.

The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo. In fact, Omeasoo’s comfort level and lack of squeamishness convinced her to pursue studies in forensics and how DNA can be...

Feb 9, 2024 · In the 1930s, eugenics was a mainstream movement. It was admired and supported by major US institutions and universities, from the American Medical Association to the New York Times to prominent philanthropists. Despite efforts to sweep this history under the rug after Nazi Germany showed where eugenics could lead, eugenics was a respected pursuit.

In preimplantation diagnosis, embryos produced through in vitro fertilization are tested before being implanted in a womb. Argument for: This procedure allows couples at risk of passing a serious genetic condition to their child to avoid doing so. Argument against: Preimplantation diagnosis is a form of eugenics. Its use paves the way for more explicit and dangerous forms …

He considers that, a century later, we engage with the legacies of eugenics across time and space and reflect on what eugenics means for us today. This remains a sensitive and emotional issue for many people, not least because for so long eugenics has reinforced discriminatory practices based on race, class, gender, disability and age.

Feb 22, 2016 · A Review of Eggonomics: The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors Who Supply Them by Diane M. Tober. A recent journalistic investigation of the global egg trade at Bloomberg put the industry’s unregulated practices and their exploitative implications back in …

CGS has always worked to highlight the relevance of eugenics, scientific racism, and disability discrimination in assessing the social implications of human biotechnologies. In 2020 and 2021, we sharpened this focus in response to the disturbing resurgence of eugenic ideas and practices, including pandemic-related