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The Mysterious Eugenics of Aesthetic Taste

By Michael Rossi, The Los Angeles Review of Books | 01.11.2026

This is the 10th 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 Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Arts & Culture

The mirage of AI deregulation

By Alondra Nelson, Science | 01.15.2026

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

Global Governance

More and “Better” Babies: The Dark Side of the Pronatalist Movement

By Daphne O. Martschenko and Julia E. H. Brown, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 01.14.2026

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

Genetic Selection

Bay Area Startups Want to Make Genetically Engineered Babies. What Could Go Wrong?

By Grace Won, KQED Forum [with CGS' Katie Hasson] | 12.02.2025

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

Genetic Selection

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Gov’t, forced sterilization victims reach compensation settlement

By Staff, Kyodo News | 09.13.2024

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

Patents & Other IP

Trump sells himself as a ‘leader’ on IVF, angering some Republicans

By Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly , Politico | 09.12.2024

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Policies

Vertex, CRISPR’s Casgevy Highlights Complex Path to Gene Therapy Profitability

By Annalee Armstrong, BioSpace | 09.11.2024

Complex gene therapies are starting to hit the market but all have faced the same reality: a tepid reception from...

Human Genetic Modification

Human embryo models are getting more realistic-raising ethical questions

By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature | 09.11.2024

Under his microscope, Jun Wu could see several tiny spheres, each less than 1 millimetre wide. They looked just like...

Assisted Reproduction

Queensland’s crackdown on IVF clinics fuels push for national donor registry

By Andrew Messenger, The Guardian | 09.10.2024

A groundbreaking legislated crackdown on Queensland fertility providers has sparked calls to establish a national register for children conceived with...

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