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Mar 8, 20224 min read
Twice Abandoned: The Disabled and Institutionalized in the Russo-Ukrainian War
by Kristina Artuković — During the 2014 war in Ukraine, Disability Rights International (DRI) conducted an investigation into the...
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Jan 6, 20224 min read
Keep Ableism Out of Your Conversations about Prenatal Testing
by Sophie Trist — The New York Times rang in the new year by releasing its findings that many popular prenatal genetic tests are...
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Dec 25, 20218 min read
On (Ine)Quality of Life
by Kristina Artuković — People with a health condition, chronic illness or disability — even people like me, who have a child with a...
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Dec 13, 20213 min read
Eugenics: How Did It Start?
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Dr. Laura Rivard of the University of San Diego, founder of Genetics Generation, makes an excellent point in...
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Feb 17, 20203 min read
Eugenics Is Not the Answer
America has an abhorrent, and often overlooked, history of eugenics practices. It has been present since the early 1900’s.
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Apr 12, 20192 min read
On Down Syndrome and Abortion
by Stephanie Hauer — An in-utero diagnosis of Down syndrome is dangerous. If a doctor predicts that a baby has Down syndrome, that...
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Aug 23, 20184 min read
Contemporary Eugenics in US Prisons
By Aimee Murphy — Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a 2 part series on forced sterilization of incarcerated humans. It is also part of our...
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Nov 9, 20174 min read
Assisted Suicide: The Social Justice Perspective from #LPJ17
Assisted suicide has been on my mind ever since Washington DC took steps to legalize the act in 2016. The fact that it wasn’t on my radar...
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