Subject: Genes, justice, a human future
From: Center for Genetics and Society <[email-masked]>
To: "Subscriber " <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:23:42 +0000

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Dear Subscriber,
We are profoundly grateful for your ongoing interest in the cutting-edge issues raised by human biotechnologies. Your support bolsters our efforts to bring a social justice perspective to the fast-and-furious developments we&rsquo;re seeing.
As of this year, the prospect of genetically modified human beings ( http://www.geneticsandsociety.rsvp1.com/s1508clMyUVb ) is on the near horizon. Controversy is surging, and 2016 could well be a turning point.
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Moreover, the social consequences of inheritable genetic alteration could be dire: Opening the door to GM humans could lead to new kinds of discrimination, exacerbate disparate access to healthcare, compromise efforts to embrace the spectrum of human difference, and increase our world&rsquo;s already shameful levels of inequality.
Brave New World and GATTACA are fiction, but the futures they depict could get uncomfortably close to reality.
Our combined efforts can ensure that these futures never come to be. With your help, we&rsquo;ll build broad awareness about the social justice, human rights, and public interest framework we need, and keep that vision in front of policy makers and top-tier media.
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We look forward to staying in touch in the new year.
Warm wishes for the holidays
Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director
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