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NY Law Expanding DNA Database Takes Effectby Dan Wiessner, ReutersAugust 1st, 2012Almost anyone convicted of a crime in New York is now required to submit a DNA sample to the state's sweeping criminal database.

Supreme Court May Review Case over DNA Samplesby Jonathan Stempel and Terry Baynes, ReutersJuly 30th, 2012The Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it may review whether law enforcement officials may collect DNA samples from people who have been accused, but not convicted, of serious crimes.

Federal Court Taking Second Look at Calif. DNA Lawby Associated Press, Yahoo NewsJuly 26th, 2012A federal appeals court decided to take another look at a California law that requires DNA samples to be taken from anyone arrested for a felony, not just after a conviction.

"Tainted Families" Ancient and Modernby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJuly 11th, 2012Paul Lombardo has well summarized the use of the "Jukes family" myth to promote eugenics, in the 19th, 20th and now 21st century.

North Carolina Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization are Passed Over Againby Jessica Cussins, Biopolitical TimesJune 28th, 2012The North Carolina Senate has turned down compensation for living victims of the state-sponsored forced sterilization program that continued into the 1970s.

Payments for Victims of Eugenics Are Shelvedby Kim Severson, The New York TimesJune 20th, 2012North Carolina’s effort to compensate people who were sterilized under a widespread eugenics program that stretched into the 1970s all but died in the State Senate on Wednesday.

When California Decided Who Could Have Children and Who Could Notby Jeremy Rosenberg, Los Angeles TimesJune 18th, 2012California's "Asexualization Act" of 1909 gave the go-ahead for the state to sterilize more than 20,000 men and women against their will.

Court Dismisses Suit Over Unethical US Experimentsby Richard Monastersky, Nature News BlogJune 15th, 2012A US court has dismissed a lawsuit by Guatemalan citizens against US officials in connection with unethical medical experiments conducted by American researchers in the 1940s.

Genome Test Slammed for Assessing ‘Racial Purity’by Alison Abbott, NatureJune 12th, 2012Hungary’s Medical Research Council has asked public prosecutors to investigate a genetic-diagnostic company that certified that a member of parliament did not have Roma or Jewish heritage.

Bay Area Artist Looks to Biopolitical Issues for Inspirationby Jessica Cussins, Biopolitical TimesJune 7th, 2012Bay Area artist Doug Minkler addresses concerns about synthetic biology and the corporatization of scientific research in his socially conscious posters.

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