News

The group behind Project 2025 wants a ‘Manhattan Project’ for more babies

By Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post | 09.03.2025

The conservative group behind the Project 2025 governing playbook for President Donald Trump’s second term is set to propose sweeping revisions to U.S. economic policy meant to encourage married heterosexual couples to have more children.

The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing...

Policies

Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference

By Julie Métraux, Mother Jones | 09.23.2025

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On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much...

Bioethics

The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's...

Genetic Selection

Who decides the future of humanity? SA’s genome editing guidelines spark global concern

By Vuyile Madwantsi, Independent Online | 08.22.2025

Imagine this: a future where parents could choose their baby’s eye colour, height or even intelligence.

Sounds like science fiction...

Policies

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CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says

By Julie Steenhuysen and Nancy Lapid, Reuters | 02.03.2025

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to withdraw all papers...

Bioethics

Stem cell companies and co-founders lose multi-million dollar lawsuit

By Patrick Foong, BioNews | 02.03.2025

Following a lengthy litigation, the co-founders of the Stem Cell Institute of America and related companies have been prohibited from...

Policies

Taking responsibility: Asilomar and its legacy

By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Science | 01.30.2025

In February 1975, leading molecular biologists gathered at the Asilomar conference center on the California coast to evaluate risks of...

Genomics

A Less Brutal Alternative to IVF

By Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic | 01.27.2025

After my 20th shot of hormones, I texted my boyfriend, only half kidding, “I’m dying.” We had decided to freeze...

Patents & Other IP

Technology for lab-grown eggs or sperm on brink of viability, UK fertility watchdog finds

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 01.26.2025

Mass-producing eggs and sperm in a laboratory in order to have a baby with yourself or three other people in...

Genetic Selection

The CDC Won’t Give the Public a Full Picture of Fertility Treatment Risks

By Jackie Davalos, Rachel Adams-Heard, and Kendall Taggart, Bloomberg | 01.24.2025

For women in the US seeking fertility treatment or considering donating their eggs, there’s a fair amount of information they...

Policies

America’s Darkest Comeback Tour: From Racehorse Theory to Resistance

By Emes Ilyés, Common Dreams | 01.23.2025

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U.S. States

The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think.

By Sigal Samuel, Vox | 01.20.2025

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There’s a dominant...

Society