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

How the Pro-Choice Movement Excludes People With Disabilities

By Lenzi Sheible, RH Reality Check | 10.17.2014
Untitled Document

In a piece for RH Reality Check last month, Erin Matson highlighted anti-abortion groups’ false advocacy for people...

Eugenics

Dear Facebook, Please Don't Tell Women to Lean In to Egg Freezing

By Jessica Cussins, The Huffington Post | 10.16.2014

The workforces of Facebook and Apple are 69 percent and 70 percent male, and the companies have been getting a...

Bioethics

Why Genetic Self-Test Kits Should Not Be Allowed Into Canada

By Abby Lippman, The Globe and Mail | 10.16.2014

For $199, Canadians will soon be able to buy the latest genetic play kit – and will be able to...

Genomics

Frozen II : The Tech Industry’s Eggs

By Liza Mundy; Stephanie Stark; Jeff Gillis, Marcy Darnovsky; Brigid Schulte, The Weekly Wonk | 10.16.2014

If you have children under the age of ten (or know anyone who does), you know at least one person...

Bioethics

Freezing Eggs Puts Women and Infants’ Health at Stake

By Miriam Zoll, The New York Times | 10.16.2014
Untitled Document

Responsible doctors should not be recommending egg freezing to perfectly healthy young women who have no medically indicated...

Bioethics

Another Reason Freezing Employees’ Eggs is a Terrible Idea

By Ricki Lewis, PLOS Blogs | 10.16.2014
Untitled Document

Facebook and Apple’s decision to offer female employees a $20,000 benefit to freeze their eggs indicates a...

Bioethics

Left Out In The Cold: Seven Reasons Not To Freeze Your Eggs

By Françoise Baylis, Impact Ethics | 10.16.2014
Untitled Document

In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) lifted the experimental designation on human egg freezing. At...

Bioethics

Resurrecting Smallpox? Easier Than You Think

By Leonard Adleman, The New York Times | 10.15.2014
On Oct. 16, 1975, 3-year-old Rahima Banu of Bangladesh became the last human infected with naturally occurring smallpox (variola major)...
Synthetic Biology