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A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

a graphic depicting preference for one set of DNA over another
By Gabby Del Valle, The Baffler | 09.17.2024

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the capitol building
By Deirdre Walsh , NPR | 09.17.2024

Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to provide a nationwide right to IVF treatments. It was the second time Senate...

sickled red blood cells
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 09.16.2024

There was supposed to be a special party for Kendric Cromer, 12, last Wednesday, but it had to be postponed...

egg and scientist injecting it
By Matthew Rozsa, Salon | 09.15.2024

When a person with a uterus decides to freeze their eggs, any number of things can go wrong. Ice...

ivf
By Megan Agnew, The Times | 09.15.2024

Faith Hartley always wanted two girls — a blonde and a redhead. “I thought, I’ll have one that looks like...

test tube and insurance card
By Irin Carmon, New York | 09.14.2024

At Tuesday night’s debate, seemingly stung by Kamala Harris’s assertion that IVF treatments have been curtailed “under Donald Trump’s abortion...

Japanese flag with blue building in background
By Staff, Kyodo News | 09.13.2024

Photo by Roméo A. on Unsplash

The Japanese government and people who were forced to undergo sterilization surgeries from the...