Subject: And a human future for all!
From: Center for Genetics and Society <[email-masked]>
To: "Subscriber " <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:22:43 +0000

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Dear Subscriber,
The coming year could be a tipping point. Will we use human biotechnologies to help the sick and advance scientific understanding, or misuse them in risky experiments to produce genetically &ldquo;enhanced&rdquo; humans?
With the help of supporters like you ( http://www.geneticsandsociety.rsvp1.com/s1a5balNvgiK ), the Center for Genetics and Society has made great strides in explaining that we can prevent the transmission of genetic diseases without engineering the genes of future children. And that opening the door to GM humans could have dire social consequences: It could all too easily lead to new kinds of discrimination and increase our 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 those futures never come to be.
With your help ( https://networkforgood.rsvp1.com/s1a67alNvgiN ), we&rsquo;ll keep working toward a human future in which:
*the criminal justice system uses DNA to exonerate the innocent, not to fish for suspects or put communities under genetic surveillance
*all people who need medical assistance to form families can access it, without exploiting women for their eggs or wombs
*race is understood as a political and social category, not a genetic one
*disability is seen as part of human variation, rather than automatically understood as something to fix
*genetic testing is used to improve health care without compromising our privacy, encouraging unneeded medical interventions, or putting profits above well-being.
Together we can build broad awareness about the social justice, human rights, and public interest framework we need to guide human biotechnologies. And we can keep that vision in front of policy makers and top-tier media.
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To a just and peaceful new year,
Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director
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