"This newsletter originated in 1999
out of the concerns of academics,
activists, and others in the San Francisco Bay Area about the
direction
of the new human genetic and reproductive technologies. It is
published
by the Center for Genetics and Society (formerly the Exploratory
Initiative on the New Human Genetic Technologies), a public interest
organization working to alert the public and leaders of civil
society
about the urgent need for societal oversight of these technologies
and
the dangers of the techno-eugenic vision.
We support genetic and reproductive technologies
that serve the public
interest. We oppose those--such as human germline engineering
and human
reproductive cloning--that would be likely to exacerbate inequality,
the commercialization of reproduction, and the commodification
of
human life."
The "Techno-Eugenics Email Newsletter" was renamed "Genetic Crossroads" after the 13th issue.
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