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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...

By Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed | 04.25.2022

Emory University is removing the names of two men with ties to eugenics and slavery, dropping them from a research...

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By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter, The Hill | 04.23.2022

Colorado Senate president Steve Fenberg has just introduced groundbreaking legislation on the rights of donor conception. Although focused on Colorado...

By Walter G. Johnson and Diana M. Bowman, STAT News | 04.22.2022

Australia has become the second country in the world to explicitly authorize and regulate mitochondrial replacement therapies, offering hope to...

By Joseph Goldstein, The New York Times | 04.22.2022

Last month, a federal judge in New Jersey considered the plea of a man who claimed his kidney problems made...

By Donor Conceived Council, DCC USA | 04.22.2022

In March, 2022, U.S. Donor Conceived Council (DCC) surveyed sperm bank websites across the United States to analyze their publicly...

By Conor Murray and Pia Singh, The Daily Pennsylvanian | 04.21.2022

Top University officials allegedly manipulated a Perelman School of Medicine investigation into years of workplace abuse allegations within the Gene...

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By M.W. Feldman and Jessica Riskin, The New York Review | 04.21.2022

You must know the parable about the frog that sits in a pot of water being gradually heated, allowing itself...

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By Staff Reporter, genomeweb | 04.20.2022

NEW YORK – The US Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication on Tuesday, warning people that genetic noninvasive prenatal...