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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 Anja Herrman, Teen Vogue | 07.05.2022

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While my generation has, up until now, always had the right to a legal ...

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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...

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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...

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By Carissa Wong, New Scientist | 07.01.2022

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

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By Loretta J. Ross, CounterPunch | 07.01.2022

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

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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...

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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...

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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...