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

Is your child at higher risk of rare disease? Why more couples are going for genetic tests

By Mohana Basu , The Print | 05.31.2022

New Delhi: For centuries, matching janampatris and kundalis, or natal charts, has been an important aspect of the matchmaking process...

Assisted Reproduction

It's Not Just Great Replacement Theory That Influenced the Buffalo Shooter

By Kyle Barr, Gizmodo News | 05.31.2022

The bunk theory of eugenics has come up once again as a talking point in the wake of the devastating...

U.S. Federal

Japanese flag in front of a corporate building

Japan to undergo first U.N. disabilities committee review in August

By The Japan Times, The Japan Times | 05.30.2022

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Japan will undergo a policy review by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of...

Other Countries

Australia Wields a New DNA Tool to Crack Missing-Person Mysteries

By Oscar Schwartz, The New York Times | 05.28.2022

When a man washed up on the shores of Christmas Island in 1942, lifeless and hunched over in a shrapnel-riddled...

Genomics

As DNA Donors’ Secrets Emerge, What Should the Children Know?

By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 05.27.2022

Tyler Sniff took a home DNA test at 32 years old and unexpectedly learned that the man who raised him...

Genomics

Employer fertility benefits have a dramatic and startling expansion amid the Great Resignation, experts say

By Michelle Fox, CNBC | 05.27.2022

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As employers try to entice new workers and keep the ones they have, more...

Assisted Reproduction

The Pandora’s Box of Embryo Testing Is Officially Open

By Carey Goldberg, Bloomberg | 05.26.2022

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Simone Collins knew she was pregnant the moment she answered the phone. She was...

Assisted Reproduction

the cover of The Genetic Lottery. A book by Kathryn Paige Harden

‘Why Biology Is Not Destiny’: An Exchange

By Kathryn Paige Harden et al., The New York Review | 05.25.2022

In response to:

Why Biology Is Not Destiny from the April 21, 2022 issue

To the Editors:

Marcus Feldman...

Human Genetic Modification