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

CRISPR injected into the blood treats a genetic disease for first time

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 06.26.2021

The gene editor CRISPR excels at fixing disease mutations in lab-grown cells. But using CRISPR to treat most people with...

Human Genetic Modification

He Inherited A Devastating Disease. A CRISPR Gene-Editing Breakthrough Stopped It

By Rob Stein, NPR | 06.26.2021

Patrick Doherty had always been very active. He trekked the Himalayas and hiked trails in Spain.

But about a year...

Human Genetic Modification

For now, stem cells for Covid-19 are mostly a shot in the dark

By Paul Knoepfler, STAT | 06.25.2021

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The uncertainty over how to effectively treat Covid-19 is proving to be an...

Stem Cells

Britney Spears’ Reproductive Freedom is a Disability Rights Issue

By Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Rebecca McCray, ACLU | 06.25.2021

There were many shocking moments in Britney Spears’ 24-minute statement calling for an end to her conservatorship, delivered Wednesday to...

Perspectives

When a child is born: the film lifting the lid on surrogacy, race and disability

By Cath Clarke, The Guardian | 06.24.2021

There are two films called The Surrogate. The first is a made-for-TV movie about an obsessive fan who cons her...

Society

The ‘race realist’ on campus

By Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.24.2021

With one painful exception that she still thinks about today, Marisol Schowengerdt enjoyed her classes at Cal State East Bay.

She...

Eugenics

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ISSCR: grave omission of age limit for embryo research

By Josephine Johnston, Françoise Baylis, & Henry T. Greely, Nature | 06.22.2021

We are researchers with differing views on the ethics of stem-cell and embryo research who nonetheless share deep concerns about...

Policies

ISSCR: grave omission of age limit for embryo research

By Josephine Johnston, Françoise Baylis & Henry T. Greely, Nature | 06.22.2021

We are researchers with differing views on the ethics of stem-cell and embryo research who nonetheless share deep concerns about...

Stem Cells