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

Want a girl with blue eyes? Inside California’s VIP IVF industry

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...

Genetic Selection

The Truth About the Right and IVF

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...

Policies

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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...

Policies

Yale Settles With Patients Who Sued Over Painful Egg Retrievals

By Sarah Kliff, The New York Times | 09.09.2024

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Yale agreed on Monday to pay dozens of patients who had filed lawsuits claiming...

Society