Eugenics

Abortion and Eugenics

Abortion has long been promoted as a form of selective population control, a key component of the eugenics movement.

Efforts to legalize abortion became most prominent during the height of the "population explosion" panic (which was the new eugenics movement) and a time of national race riots. The social engineering context of legalized abortion was most recently confirmed by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who told the New York Times:

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.

You can learn more about abortion and black genocide in America by viewing the documentary Maafa 21.

Human Engineering

Given the rush to engage in embryo and stem cell research for the purpose of genetically modifying the human race, the Elliot Institute has proposed model legislation to create a preemptive ban on modifying the human genome.

Scientists unveil plan to create synthetic human genomes

Human chimera Threat

Major grant in limbo, NIH revisits ethics of animal-human chimeras
Mouse Human Brain Chimera

Stem Cell Research and Eugenics

In vitro eugenics

 Robert Sparrow
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:725-731 Published Online First: 4 Apr 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2012-101200

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/725.abstract?etoc 

 Some doubts about in vitro eugenics as a human enhancement technology
 Andrew W Siegel
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:732 Published Online First: 28 Aug 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101511

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/732.extract?etoc 

 Language matters
 Debra J H Mathews
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:733-734 Published Online First: 17 Sep 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101808

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/733.extract?etoc 

 A moratorium on breeding better babies
 Heidi Mertes
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:734-735 Published Online First: 11 Oct 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101560

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/734.extract?etoc 

 Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: a critique of Sparrow's 
 inclusive definition of the term ‘in vitro eugenics’
 Misao Fujita, Yoshimi Yashiro, Mika Suzuki
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:735-736 Published Online First: 28 Aug 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101681

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/735.abstract?etoc 

 Concerns about eroding the ethical barrier to in vitro eugenics: lessons 
 from the hESC debate
 Jonathan Pugh
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:737-738 Published Online First: 5 Aug 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101660

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/737.abstract?etoc 

 Human in vitro eugenics: close, yet far away
 Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca, Daniel Mendes Ribeiro, Nara Pereira 
 Carvalho, Brunello Stancioli
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:738-739 Published Online First: 13 Aug 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101674

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/738.extract?etoc 

 Genetic generations: artificial gametes and the embryos produced with 
 them
 Timothy F Murphy
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:739-740 Published Online First: 21 Aug 2013 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101646

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/739.abstract?etoc 

 Reproductive technologies, risk, enhancement and the value of genetic 
 relatedness
 Robert Sparrow
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:741-743 Published Online First: 6 Mar 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101807

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/741.extract?etoc 

 Paper: Gamete derivation from stem cells: revisiting the concept of 
 genetic parenthood
 Heidi Mertes
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:744-747 Published Online First: 20 Jun 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101830

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/744.abstract?etoc 

 Paper: Artificial gametes and the ethics of unwitting parenthood
 A Smajdor, D Cutas
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:748-751 Published Online First: 27 Jun 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101824

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/748.abstract?etoc 

 Paper: Multiplex parenting: IVG and the generations to come
 César Palacios-González, John Harris, Giuseppe Testa
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:752-758 Published Online First: 7 Mar 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101810 This article has been Unlocked

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/752.abstract?etoc 

 Ancestor embryos: embryonic gametes and genetic parenthood
 Helen Watt
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:759-761 Published Online First: 10 Jul 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101819

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/759.abstract?etoc 

 Paper: The meaning of synthetic gametes for gay and lesbian people and 
 bioethics too
 Timothy F Murphy
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:762-765 Published Online First: 31 Jan 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101699

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/762.abstract?etoc 

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 Paper: The moral value of induced pluripotent stem cells: a Japanese 
 bioethics perspective on human embryo research
 Tsutomu Sawai
 J Med Ethics 2014; 40:766-769 Published Online First: 20 Jun 2014 , 
 doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101838

 http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/11/766.abstract?etoc