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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 Dann Okoth, SciDev.Net | 07.14.2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent call to accelerate access to genomics, especially in resource-poor countries, in...

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By Fabiola Cineas , Vox | 07.13.2022

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To understand how the United States of America became a country without the constitutional...

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By Nairi Shirinian and Meghna Mukherjee, Ms. Magazine | 07.13.2022

It’s no coincidence that the world’s first IVF baby was born just five years after the 1973 Roe v. Wade...

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By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 07.12.2022

A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first person to undergo DNA editing in order to lower their blood...

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By Eric B. Kmiec, Stat | 07.11.2022

Twenty-three years ago, the field of gene therapy was bursting with the promise of breakthrough treatments. Then it was almost...

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By Emily Baumgaertner , Los Angeles Times | 07.10.2022

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SAN DIEGO — As a single mother in her mid-20s, Lilly Frost was working as...

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By Lisa C. Ikemoto, Los Angeles Times | 07.07.2022

A few days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, Boston IVF, a fertility company with centers in six...

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By Jan Hoffman, The New York Times | 07.05.2022

Anna Nibley Baker, a mother of four in Salt Lake City, is reasonably certain that she and her husband are...