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

Resisting the rise of facial recognition

By Antoaneta Roussi, Nature | 11.18.2020

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In Belgrade’s Republic Square, dome-shaped cameras hang prominently on wall fixtures, silently scanning people...

Policies

Marie Stopes UK Finally Changes Name To Cut Ties With Eugenicist

By Rachel Moss, HuffPost | 11.17.2020

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The UK’s largest abortion provider...

Abortion provider changes name over Marie Stopes eugenics link

By News, BBC | 11.17.2020

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Society

California’s vote to revive controversial stem-cell institute sparks debate

By Nidhi Subbaraman, Nature | 11.16.2020

Voters in California have approved US$5.5 billion in funding for stem-cell and other medical research, granting a lifeline to a...

Stem Cells

The Bioeconomics of Covid-19

By Judith Levine, n+1 | 11.13.2020

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Bioethics

UN warns of impact of smart borders on refugees: ‘Data collection isn't apolitical’

By Katy Fallon, The Guardian | 11.11.2020

Robotic lie detector tests at European airports, eye scans for refugees and voice-imprinting software for use in asylum applications are...

Global Governance

Egg-freezing has risen in lockdown, but it’s not the cure-all it’s cracked up to be

By Katie Strick and Lucy Holden, Evening Standard | 11.10.2020

Alice Mann wishes she’d known the odds from the start. The marketing consultant was 36, single and heartbroken after the...

Assisted Reproduction

The genes we’re dealt

By Erik Parens, Aeon | 11.10.2020

Over the past decade, economists, sociologists and psychologists have begun collaborating with geneticists to investigate how genomic differences among human...

Society