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Mashup Score: 2An anti-racist action plan for studying the human genome - 3 year(s) ago
The model we envision requires scientists to not only push for institutional policy changes, but also make personal, long-term commitments to reexamine their own daily thoughts and actions.
Source: TheHillCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 4
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Source: Center for Genetics and SocietyCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Britney Spears' conservatorship & her forced IUD have brought to light the lingering effects of the American #eugenics movement. She is the latest victim of a long history of forced sterilization & the reproductive oppression of those deemed "undesirable." https://t.co/b5SxLFsp6b
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Mashup Score: 6Legacies of Eugenics in Canada | FromSmallBeginnings - 3 year(s) ago
Series supported by… NADSN London Hub Birkbeck College, University of London UoLDOG : University of London (colleges) Disability Officers Group Contact: Benedict Ipgrave (Programme Curator)
Source: FromSmallBeginningsCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Don't miss the "Legacies of Eugenics in Canada Symposium" on June 15th from - 8am-4:15pm PT. The symposium will explore the history of reproductive control, social justice, indigenous sterilizations, and the legacy of #eugenics in #Canada. https://t.co/YlGkmQgwoO
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The writer and historian discusses her new book and the politics and history of the eugenics movement.
Source: Progressive.orgCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Author @AudreyCFarley’s new book, "The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt," discusses the politics and history of the #eugenics movement. https://t.co/pfWYXf75wL
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Mashup Score: 15Opinion | I’m the Head of Planned Parenthood. We’re Done Making Excuses for Our Founder. - 3 year(s) ago
We must reckon with Margaret Sanger’s association with white supremacist groups and eugenics.
Source: www.nytimes.comCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Planned Parenthood and its supporters must reckon with founder Margaret Sanger’s association with white supremacist groups and #eugenics. by @alexismcgill https://t.co/ItKuHy7KRr? #womenshealth @PPact
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Mashup Score: 0New Data Confirm the Need to Regulate the US Assisted Reproduction Industry | Center for Genetics and Society - 3 year(s) ago
The United States fertility market is growing very rapidly, and is projected to reach $15.4 billion in 2023, more than double what it was in 2017. That increase derives partly from a larger customer base and partly from a considerable expansion of the services being sold. Yet the sector remains curiously under-regulated, despite many calls to confront the numerous known issues,…
Source: www.geneticsandsociety.orgCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
New data on US #fertility clinics confirm the limitations of current law. Meanwhile, some clinics expand sales of expensive, unregulated techniques. Will this situation lead the way to a high-tech form of #eugenics? https://t.co/V17Hn3OOIH
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Links to early eugenicists such as Francis Galton a source of ‘deep regret’ to institution
Source: the GuardianCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
UCL has expressed “deep regret” for its role in the propagation of #eugenics, alongside a promise to improve conditions for disabled staff & students & a pledge to give “greater prominence” to teaching the of the discredited movement. @RichardA https://t.co/pNP0Mc7GC0
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One of the plaintiffs underwent sterilization surgery in 1974, when she was nine months pregnant, after being told the procedure was a Caesarian section. Her baby died.
Source: The Japan TimesCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
About 25,000 people were sterilized in Japan under the #eugenics protection law. The government has not been required to pay any damages to plaintiffs. https://t.co/x4fJTo30pT
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Mashup Score: 3Past and present, eugenics thinking makes pandemics worse - 3 year(s) ago
A false belief in the genetic superiority of virus survivors may help explain the Trump administration’s mismanagement of coronavirus.
Source: crosscut.comCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A false belief in the genetic superiority of virus survivors may help explain the Trump administration's failure to handle the coronavirus pandemic. Is the mismanagement a conscious act of negative #eugenics? @KnuteBerger https://t.co/nn90OF5kRR
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Mashup Score: 3The Great Barrington Declaration: COVID-19 deniers follow the path laid down by creationists, HIV/AIDS denialists, and climate science deniers - 4 year(s) ago
When you’ve been examining pseudoscientific and quack claims for over two decades, you start to recognize patterns in the strategies and technique used by those denying science to promote their pseudo
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.orgCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The Great Barrington Declaration is eugenics, writes @gorskon - https://t.co/40NKdsYOpD & cites @gregggonsalves @MotherJones - https://t.co/eGmKWjoA0o #COVID19 #eugenics #epidemiology
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In December, the National Human Genome Research Institute @genome_gov will host a virtual symposium that brings together scholars and researchers to consider the history of #eugenics, scientific racism, and their complex legacies in modern health sciences. https://t.co/bFxDjVS6zv