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 Madness: Welcome to the Age of Genetic Chaos

By Stuart A. Newman, CounterPunch | 05.05.2021

The Nobel prize in chemistry awarded last year to the biochemists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier for the genetic modification...

Genetic Selection

Scientists Have Created A New Gene-Editing Tool That Could Outperform CRISPR

By Derya Ozdemir, Interesting Engineering | 05.03.2021

A new gene-editing tool has enabled Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering scientists to accomplish a feat that wouldn't...

Genetic Selection

Most Australian women using IVF pay for add-on treatments with ‘weak’ evidence behind them, research finds

By Joseph Dunstan, ABC News | 05.03.2021

Most women undergoing IVF treatment in Australia are paying for one or more add-on treatments, despite limited proof of their...

Other Countries

Six patients with dementia went to Mexico for an unproven gene therapy, a biotech CEO claims

By Megan Molteni, STAT | 05.03.2021

Six patients with dementia traveled to Mexico last year to be injected with a gene therapy not authorized for use...

Society

Should scientists be allowed to grow human embryos in a dish beyond 14 days? Is it scientifically important or morally wrong?

By Karen Weintraub, USA Today [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.02.2021

For more than 30 years, scientists have followed a rule they imposed on themselves to avoid growing a human embryo in...

Society

For Rosa Reveals The Ugly History Of Forced Sterilizations

By Cristina Escobar, Refinery29 | 04.30.2021

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Eugenics