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Author: Marisa Fox

Marisa Fox is a N.Y.-based freelance writer, producer and Women’s Media Center She Source whose features and editorials have appeared in The New York Times, Huffington Post, Haaretz, the Forward, Elle, Instyle, New York, among others. A former rock critic and women’s magazine editor, Fox is currently directing “My Underground Mother,” a documentary about her search for her late mother’s hidden Holocaust past. Follow her on Twitter: @marisafox.
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“Good Genes,” Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination, and the Past—and Present—of Eugenics

Marisa Fox
"Good Genes": With Amy Coney Barrett, Eugenics Continues to Rear Its Ugly Head in U.S. Politics

We must oppose Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the highest court. A judge who believes in authoritarianism over autonomy, appointed by a president who shamelessly shouts “good genes,” invoking the darkest chapters in our history and known to silence witnesses and be less than forthcoming with the truth, is an affront to our values.

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