News

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.23.2026

This is the first part of the 14th 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...

Civil Society

Surrogacy laws are all over the map

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

Policies

Project Eugenics: The Rollback of Disability Rights

By Kiana Jackson and Shannon Stubblefield, New Disabled South | 02.09.2026

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

U.S. States

Reproductive control of Indigenous women continues around the world, say survivors and researchers

By Gillian Rutherford, The University of Alberta | 06.27.2022

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

Other Countries

Amid the Turmoil of Covid, Biosafety Legislation Gets Political

By Michael Schulson, Undark Magazine | 06.27.2022

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

U.S. Federal

Genetic Screening Results Just Got Harder to Handle Under New Abortion Rules

By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News | 06.27.2022

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

Genetic Selection

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With Roe v. Wade overturned, disabled people reflect on how it will impact them

By Shruti Rajkumar , NPR | 06.25.2022

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In 2008, around eight weeks into her second pregnancy, Robin Wilson-Beattie began experiencing hyperemesis...

Policies

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A Preview of the Dangerous Future of Abortion Bans — Texas Senate Bill 8

By Whitney Arey, Ph.D et al.,, The New England Journal of Medicine | 06.22.2022

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When the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

U.S. States

Side Effects May Include … A Completely New Hair Color?

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 06.22.2022

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In October 2019, Jordan Janz became the first person in the world to receive an...

Human Genetic Modification

Half in UK back genome editing to prevent severe diseases

By Ian Sample , The Guardian | 06.22.2022

More than half the UK backs the idea of rewriting the DNA of human embryos to prevent severe or life-threatening...

Assisted Reproduction

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Where science meets fiction: the dark history of eugenics

By Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 06.19.2022

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It’s a quirk of history that the foundations of modern biology – and as...

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