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

New York court halts family DNA searches for crime suspects

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press | 05.06.2022

A New York court halted the use of a DNA crimefighting tool that has helped crack cold cases and put...

Policies

Hand holding stethoscope on colorful globe

‘Medical tourists’ are travelling the world in search of the elixir of life

By Peter Ward, The Guardian | 05.05.2022

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Every year millions of people cross borders to undergo medical treatments that are either...

Human Genetic Modification

New Prenatal Genetic Screens Pose Underappreciated Ethical Dilemmas

By Daniel Navon, Scientific American | 05.05.2022

Imagine you are an expectant parent. Just a couple of months into your pregnancy, you opt for an easy genetic...

Genomics

The gene-edited pig heart given to a dying patient was infected with a pig virus

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 05.04.2022

The pig heart transplanted into an American patient earlier this year in a landmark operation carried a porcine virus that...

Bioethics

a woman holds up a sign protesting sterilization of women

California’s little-known history of eugenics

By Crystal Qian and Elizabeth Cheng, The Epic [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.03.2022

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Human Genetic Modification