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

"MC0_8230" via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by 2.0 

This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

U.S. States

The ‘Science’ of Eugenics: America’s Moral Detour

By Marilyn M. Singleton, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons | 12.15.2014

[For references and the original pdf format, see here.]

When most people think of eugenics, they think of the...

U.S. States

Have New Prenatal Tests Been Dangerously Oversold?

By Beth Daley, New England Center for Investigative Reporting | 12.12.2014
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Stacie Chapman’s heart skipped when she answered the phone at home and her doctor — rather than a nurse...

Genomics

Genetic Discrimination Means the Choice Between Life and Life Insurance

By Shimon Koffler Fogel and Bev Heim-Myers, Huffington Post [Canada] | 12.12.2014
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Protecting members of our society from discrimination based on the colour of their skin, ethnicity, or ancestry is...

Other Countries

Study Points to Press Releases as Sources of Hype

By Chris Woolston, Nature News | 12.12.2014
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Researchers love to blame the news media when reports about science are misleading or even wrong. But a...

Media Coverage

Quebec’s IVF restrictions: Economics or ethics?

By MARINA ADSHADE, The Globe and Mail | 12.12.2014

Last week, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette tabled a bill that, if passed, will prohibit women over the age of...

Technologies

California Launches $50 Million, Fast-Track Stem Cell Drive

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 12.11.2014
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Directors of the $3 billion California stem cell agency today approved a $50 million plan that will radically...
Fact Sheets

The NFL Has a Problem with Stem Cell Treatments

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 12.10.2014
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Elite athletes do whatever it takes to win. Lately, that’s meant getting an injection of their own stem...

Biotech & Pharma

Stem Cells: The Black Box of Reprogramming

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 12.10.2014
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Eggs and sperm do it when they combine to make an embryo. John Gurdon did it in the...

Stem Cells