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

Taxpayers Spend $140 Billion Funding Science Each Year — But Can't Access Many of the Results

By Julia Belluz, Vox | 01.10.2015

The British commentator George Monbiot once compared academic publishers to the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, concluding that the former were...

Civil Society

Stem Cell Bill to Thwart False Claims

By Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 01.10.2015

The Public Health Ministry is drafting a bill to regulate stem cell treatment to protect consumers from exaggerated claims and...

Bioethics

Surrogate Mothers Do Fine In Decade Following Birth

By Lisa Rapaport, Reuters | 01.09.2015
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(Reuters Health) - A decade after giving birth, surrogate mothers don't appear to suffer lasting mental health difficulties...

Bioethics

23andMe’s New Formula: Patient Consent = $

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 01.06.2015

Facebook generates about $8 a year in revenue from each of its users. But what if you offered a company...

Genomics

State Courts Strike Blows to Criminal DNA Collection Laws in 2014—What to Look for in 2015

By Jennifer Lynch, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 01.05.2015

DNA can reveal an extraordinary amount of private information about you, including familial relationships, medical history, predisposition for disease...

U.S. States

Pharmacogenomics and the Biology of Race

By Myles Jackson, The Huffington Post | 01.05.2015

The numerous and impassioned responses to Nicholas Wade's recently published Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History have once again...

Genomics

The High-Tech Future of the Uterus

By Katherine Don, The Atlantic | 01.05.2015
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When I suffered my third consecutive miscarriage this past May, my mom said she wanted to help me...

Bioethics

Discovery, Guided by Morality

By John Markoff, The New York Times | 01.05.2015
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MENLO PARK, CALIF. — Ann Lam delicately places a laboratory slide holding a slice of brain from a...

Human Rights