"Double Helix, Downward Gyre"

2007 Frederick, Carl[ton]. “Double Helix, Downward Gyre.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact 127 1 & 2 (January-February 2007): 134-47. Merril

The U.S. Genetic Patriotism Act requires forced sterilization of carriers of a Genetic Component Disease and their children, although there are exceptions for political leaders, televangelists, and large donors to the White House. There is Real Time Conversation Analysis of phone calls looking for the use of words such as embryo, abortion, revolution, and so forth. There is a Genetic Terrorism Act that defines conspiracies to propagate defective groups. There is an American Government in Exile in Canada, and New Zealand provides a refuge. The author is a theoretical physicist with a doctorate who is the Chief Scientist of a small company doing AI research.