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I am delighted to announce that ASHG’s statement on germline genome editing was published today in The American Journal of Human Genetics. This statement, written by a workgroup co-led by Kelly Ormond and Doug Mortlock and approved by ASHG’s Board of Directors, gives the Society’s perspective on the use of CRISPR/Cas9 or other similar tools... Read More

ASHG reaffirms its commitment to the fundamental principle of reproductive freedom and unequivocally declares its opposition to coercive efforts to restrict that freedom based on the misuse of genetic information. Related: Statement on Eugenics and the Misuse of Genetic Information to Restrict Reproductive Freedom (February 1999) Read More