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

Private IVF clinics cost tens of thousands and people’s dreams

By Alice Clarke, The Sydney Morning Herald | 01.11.2021

A little under five years ago, my wife and I started going through the IVF process to have a child...

Assisted Reproduction

Forcibly sterilized for being Afro-German 'children of shame'

By DW Staff, DW | 01.09.2021

Josef Kaiser was 16 years old in 1937 when two Gestapo secret police picked him up and took him to the...

Eugenics

Identical twins aren’t perfect clones, research shows

By Christina Larson, AP | 01.07.2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you’re an identical twin who’s always resisted being called a clone of your sibling, scientists say...

Genomics

California needs to repair the damage from its history of systematic sterilizations

By Janelli Vallin, Cal Matters | 01.07.2021

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When my family and I would drive past Los Angeles...

Society

University College London apologises for role in promoting eugenics

By Richard Adams, The Guardian | 01.07.2021

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University College London has expressed “deep regret” for its role...

Eugenics

Human Molecular Genetics and Genomics — Important Advances and Exciting Possibilities

By Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D., Eric S. Lander, Ph.D., and Charles N. Rotimi, Ph.D., The New England Journal of Medicine | 01.07.2021

The breathtaking progress in molecular genetics that has occurred over the past five decades and the transition to genomic medicine...

Human Genetic Modification

Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England

By Fiona Harvey, The Guardian | 01.06.2021

Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England for the first time under a consultation launched...

Animal Biotechnologies

U.S. law sets stage for boost to artificial intelligence research

By Jeffrey Mervis, Science | 01.06.2021

Low-income commuters who rely on public transit face many challenges—multiple transfers, long waits, and off-hour travel—that aren’t measured in the...

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