UK bioethicists promoting a second wave of eugenics
Eugenics is alive and well in British academia. Eugenics is alive and well in British academia. Stephen Wilkinson, of Lancaster University, recently published a long...
Eugenics revived
Hi there, If you search in Google News for “eugenics”, the principal story comes from North Carolina. Its legislature recently voted to distribute US$10 million...
Another IVF pioneer predicts revival of eugenics
Lord Robert Winston, IVF pioneer, is stumping about the British countryside doing what he does best, acting the gadfly.Lord Robert Winston, IVF pioneer, is stumping...
“In vitro eugenics” is coming, predicts Australian bioethicist
an Australian bioethicist says that it will be possible to use stem cell technology to breed better humans in a Petri dish. Taking a peek...
Will International Criminal Court hear complaint about Down Syndrome eugenics?
A New Zealand pro-life group has resorted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to get justice for Down Syndrome children. And, improbable as it seems,...
Compensation for victims of North Carolina eugenics program abandoned
North Carolina's effort to compensate victims of a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that extended into the 1970s was derailed in the State Senate this...
Should eugenics become a “fundamental human right”?
Should termination of Down syndrome foetuses be regarded as a fundamental human right? This is an issue which the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)...
North Carolina may compensate victims of eugenics program
The North Carolina legislature has recommended that surviving victims of the State’s forced sterilization program be paid US$50,000 each. The North Carolina legislature has...
Have we really exorcised eugenics from genetics?
he linkage between genetics and eugenics is an oft-told story, but it bears repeating again and again. This is an idea hammered home in latest...
New Hampshire eugenics
Hi there, I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry over remarks made by a doddering member of New Hampshire’s lower house. Martin Harty told...
New Hampshire’s eugenics legislator resigns
Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday as a serving senator from the state of South Carolina. But it’s not necessarily a great idea to keep...
Pope warns of new eugenics movement
Vatican conference on "New Frontiers of Genetics and the Danger of Eugenics" The Pope has warned of the dangers of a new eugenics. Addressing scientists...