Scientists gathered at the International Congress of Genetics have warned against the use of genetic testing as a coercive tool of public policy. They call for all genetic counselling to be based on the principle of informed choice by individuals and their families. A workshop on the science and ethics of eugenics agreed that governments should consult the scientific community on all genetics-related issues, and argued that the term 'eugenics' is currently used in so many ways "as to make it no longer suitable for use in scientific literature". Eight conclusions (see box) emerged from the workshop, which took place during the eighteenth International Congress of Genetics, held in Beijing under the auspices of the International Genetics Federation (IGF).
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