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The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

Genetic Selection

Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement

By Staff, National Women's Law Center | 08.13.2025

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Human Genetic Modification

We Don’t Know if the Babies Born From Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Will Still Develop Mitochondrial Disease

By Katherine Drabiak, Journal of Medical Ethics Forum | 08.07.2025

^{Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at

National Human Genome Research Institute}

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

Assisted Reproduction

Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

Genetic Selection

Cloned mice created from freeze dried skin cells in world first

By Ian Sample , The Guardian | 07.05.2022

Researchers have created cloned mice from freeze dried skin cells in a world first that aims to help conservationists revive...

Animal Biotechnologies

Eggs and sperm can now be stored for up to 55 years – here’s what that means for donors and people seeking fertility treatment

By Caroline A. B. Redhead, Jackson Kirkman-Brown, Leah Gilman, Lucy Frith, The Conversation | 07.04.2022

The UK government has just extended the period that gametes (eggs and sperm) and embryos can be stored from ten...

Assisted Reproduction

‘Softer’ form of CRISPR may edit genes more accurately

By Carissa Wong, New Scientist | 07.01.2022

_{Photo by CDC on Unsplash}

A new form of the genome-editing technique CRISPR could provide a more accurate way to...

Human Genetic Modification

We Need Racial Solidarity to Restore Abortion Rights

By Loretta J. Ross, CounterPunch | 07.01.2022

_{Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash}

The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the right to an abortion is an act of...

U.S. Federal

Here’s How AI Is Helping Make Babies By Revolutionizing IVF

By Ganes Kesari, Forbes | 06.30.2022

One in four couples in developing countries is impacted by infertility. About 48.5 million couples experience infertility worldwide. Today, infertility...

Assisted Reproduction

State Abortion Trigger Laws: Potential Implications for Reproductive Medicine

By ASRM Center for Policy and Leadership , The American Society for Reproductive Medicine | 06.29.2022

Today, the ASRM Center for Policy and Leadership (CPL) released a new report entitled State Abortion Trigger Laws: Potential Implications...

Assisted Reproduction

What’s next for the gene-edited children from CRISPR trial in China?

By Nicolas Gutierrez C., The New Scientist | 06.29.2022

MORE than a billion people live in China, but researchers in the country have proposed the creation of a healthcare...

Assisted Reproduction

All the Ways Dobbs Will Harm Pregnant Women, Whether or Not They Want an Abortion

By Sonia M. Suter, Slate | 06.29.2022

Much of the focus on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has rightly been directed at the...

Assisted Reproduction