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The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies

By Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post | 09.03.2025

The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

Policies

Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference

By Julie Métraux, Mother Jones | 09.23.2025

“Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore  is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

Bioethics

The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Genetic Selection

Who decides the future of humanity? SA’s genome editing guidelines spark global concern

By Vuyile Madwantsi, Independent Online | 08.22.2025

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

Policies
checking creatine levels

Can an Equation to Help Determine Kidney Health Be Racist?

By Jill Neimark, Undark Magazine | 01.26.2022

"creatinine" by Lori Greig is licensed under CC 2.0

On the morning of June 19, 2020—Juneteenth, now a...

Bioethics
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2022 State Legislative Efforts Bring New Hope For Those Struggling With Infertility

By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 01.26.2022

"GLERL Scientist uses Lab's Inverted Microscope" by 
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory 
is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0...

Policies

‘Unproven and unethical’: experts warn against genetic embryo tests

By Linda Geddes, The Guardian | 01.25.2022

Experts have warned against the “unproven” and “unethical” use of genetic tests to predict the risk of complex diseases in...

Genetic Selection
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Disabled People Can Still Be Forcibly Sterilized in Over Half of the US

By Rewire News Group Staff, Rewire News Group | 01.25.2022

A National Women’s Law Center report released today shines a light on the dark reality of modern-day eugenics.

More than...

U.S. States
Abnormal mouse mitochondria

On the road to treating mitochondrial disease

By Danielle Gerhard, Drug Discovery News | 01.24.2022

"Abnormal Mouse Mitochondria" 
by National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Mitochondrial disease, whether...

Human Genetic Modification
A crowd of women holding up white flags and a white banner that reads "MARCH FOR LIFE" in red

White nationalists are flocking to the US anti-abortion movement

By Moira Donegan, The Guardian | 01.24.2022

Photo by Steve Sanchez on Shutterstock

This weekend’s March for Life rally, the large anti-choice demonstration held annually in Washington...

Eugenics

Some egg donor agencies advertise $275,000 paychecks on social media — but the rigorous process is a far cry from making a 'quick buck'

By Hannah Towey, Business Insider | 01.23.2022

 

The complex nature of the egg donation business is baked right into the name. A careful balancing act between...

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A $3bn bet on finding the fountain of youth

By Staff, The Economist | 01.22.2022

Startups come and startups go. But few startups start with $3bn in the bank. Yet that is the fortunate position in...

Stem Cells