News

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...

Image of a pregnant person
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...

Image of a court gavel
By Ellen Trachman, Above the Law | 06.29.2022

Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash

Author’s note: the Olsen and Rooks opinions use the term “pre-embryo.”...

Image of a car
By George Maliha, Ravi B. Parikh , Scientific American | 06.29.2022

Photo by Evgeny Tchebotarev on Unsplash

Who is responsible when AI harms someone?

A California jury may soon have to...

Image of an iPhone
By Abby Ohlheiser and Hana Kiros , The MIT Technology Review | 06.28.2022

In the hours and days after the US Supreme Court announced its ruling overturning the constitutional right to abortion, tech...

Image of a stethoscope
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 06.28.2022

Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on Unsplash

It had been barely 80 minutes since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned ...

Image of a canadian flag
By Gillian Rutherford, The University of Alberta | 06.27.2022

Photo by Jason Hafso on Unsplash

Survivors of forced sterilization and coerced contraception from Canada, Peru and Indonesia will gather...

Image of lab
By Michael Schulson, Undark Magazine | 06.27.2022

Photo by Trnava University on Unsplash

IN MARCH 2021, three members of Congress sent a long letter to the director of...

Image of a tray of test tubes
By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News | 06.27.2022

Photo by Testalize.me on Unsplash

Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal...