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

Fix the Flaws in Forensic Science

By Eric S. Lander, The New York Times | 04.21.2015
THE F.B.I. stunned the legal community on Monday with its acknowledgment that testimony by its forensic scientists about hair identification...
U.S. States

New Genetic Tests for Breast Cancer Hold Promise

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 04.21.2015

A Silicon Valley start-up with some big-name backers is threatening to upend genetic screening for breast and ovarian cancer by...

Bioethics

IBM CEO: Watson Health is ‘Our Moonshot’ in Healthcare

By Greg Slabodkin, Health Data Management | 04.20.2015
Untitled Document

A new IBM business unit launched last week to help physicians, researchers, insurers and patients use big data...

Technologies

IBM CEO: Watson Health is ‘Our Moonshot’ in Healthcare

By Greg Slabodkin, Health Data Management | 04.20.2015
Untitled Document

A new IBM business unit launched last week to help physicians, researchers, insurers and patients use big data...

Technologies

German regulator puts UniQure gene therapy appraisal on hold

By Ludwig Burger, Reuters | 04.17.2015
(Reuters) - A German regulator for new drugs has suspended the assessment of the Western world's first gene therapy, UniQure's...
Human Genetic Modification

Commercial Surrogacy Should be Legalised, Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant Says

By Bridget Brennan, ABC [Australia] | 04.17.2015
Untitled Document

In a wide-ranging speech in Brisbane last night, Justice Diana Bryant told journalists that current laws were driving...

Technologies

Commercial Surrogacy Should be Legalised, Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant Says

By Bridget Brennan, ABC [Australia] | 04.17.2015
Untitled Document

In a wide-ranging speech in Brisbane last night, Justice Diana Bryant told journalists that current laws were driving...

Global Governance

Journalist Tells Sad History of NC Eugenics Program

By John Drescher, News & Observer | 04.17.2015
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John Railey was part of a team of reporters at the Winston-Salem Journal who in 2002 revealed the...

Racial Justice