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The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

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By Staff, Gen-ethisches Netzwerk e.V. | 08.26.2022

The past experiences of Indigenious communitys with participating in genetic research have been predominatly negative. Therefore, Native American scientists like...

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By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 08.26.2022

Human genome editing and lab-grown eggs that could theoretically allow same-sex couples to have biological children are among the anticipated...

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By Sonia M. Suter and Laura Hercher, STAT | 08.25.2022

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that struck down the constitutional right to abortion guaranteed...

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By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 08.24.2022

In a first in its 18-year history, the California stem cell agency has begun posting on its website a list...

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By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 08.24.2022

Earlier this month, California Representatives Adam Schiff and Judy Chu introduced the Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act, a...

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By David Dodge, The New York Times | 08.23.2022

During her 20-week pregnancy ultrasound last month, a woman living near the Utah-Idaho border learned she had a major rupture...

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By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 08.23.2022

The way we make babies could be about to change. Maybe. 

An embryo forms when sperm meets egg. But what...