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

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Using CRISPR to Edit Eggs, Sperm, or Embryos Does Not Save Lives

By Tina Rulli, STAT | 10.15.2019

The startling announcement by He Jiankui almost one year ago that he had created the first genetically modified human beings...

Human Genetic Modification

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Controversial ‘3-Parent Baby’ Fertility Technique Fails to Deliver for Older Women

By Emily Mullin, Medium One Zero [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.15.2019

An experimental and much-hyped reproductive procedure that mixes DNA from three people is not effective at boosting the chances of...

Assisted Reproduction

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Why an IVF Bill Is the Next Fault Line for the French Republic

By Camille Robcis, The Washington Post | 10.14.2019

Since 1994, France has banned surrogacy and restricted access to reproductive technologies to heterosexual couples who have been married or...

Assisted Reproduction

Critics Unmoved by Economic Report; Still Say No More Billions for California's Stem Cell Agency

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 10.10.2019

This week's relatively rosy report on the economic impact of California's $3 billion stem cell research program has not convinced...

Stem Cells

Sperm Donor Sues Because His Medical School Misused His Sperm

By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 10.09.2019

Thanks to the emergence of affordable home DNA testing, we are now constantly learning surprising news relating to family connections...

Assisted Reproduction

State Stem Cell Agency Hails Sales Tax Revenue, Job Growth as It Nears End of Life

By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle | 10.09.2019

The state stem cell agency, which is expected to run out of taxpayer money by the end of this year...

Stem Cells

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How Science has Shifted Our Sense of Identity

By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 10.08.2019

In the iconic frontispiece to Thomas Henry Huxley’s Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature (1863), primate skeletons march across...

Civil Society

Bottles of IVF hormones and a pile of syringes

The Business of IVF: How Human Eggs Went from Simple Cells to a Valuable Commodity

By Catherine Waldby, The Conversation | 10.03.2019

I think they collected […] maybe, six eggs. I think we got four embryos out of that […] One was...

Assisted Reproduction