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This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

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By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich , The Jerusalem Post | 07.24.2022

Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) warn that while the CRISPR genome-editing method is very effective, it is not always...

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By Meena Venkataramanan, The Washington Post | 07.24.2022

Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she says she was raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C. Nine months...

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By Aaron Schaffer, The Washington Post | 07.21.2022

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It’s not just schools, local governments and major private-sector firms like Colonial Pipeline getting...

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By Marius Turda, Ethnic and Racial Studies | 07.20.2022

After 1900, eugenics became an influential scientific theory used by physicians, health experts, religious leaders and politicians across the political...

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By Ethan Bronner and Chen Shalita, Bloomberg | 07.19.2022

The Memorial Day gathering in Kiryat Shmona, like countless others across Israel in early May, begins in the morning at...

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By Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th | 07.18.2022

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For most of her career, reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Stephanie Gustin and doctors like her...

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By Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, Science Animated | 07.15.2022

Heritable genome editing is being increasingly viewed as socially and morally acceptable so long as certain criteria are met. However...

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By Simar Bajaj, Smithsonian Magazine | 07.14.2022

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Bartley Griffith is a cardiac surgeon at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, who says...