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

Bid to Delay ‘Three Parent Babies’ Through IVF as Tests Find Fears Could Suffer Reduced Fertility, Learning Difficulties and even Cancer

By Jonathan Petre and Stephen Adams, Mail on Sunday | 10.04.2014
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Legislation to allow the birth of babies with genes from three biological parents should be put on hold...

Biopolitics

First Womb-Transplant Baby Born

By James Gallagher, BBC News | 10.04.2014
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A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Building a Superhuman: Stem Cell Advances are Leading to Dangers and Ethical Problems Few Have Considered

By Joseph Brean, National Post | 10.03.2014
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When she was outed as a fraud the other day, Florida’s three-breasted woman revealed a shift in the...

Biopolitics

Building a Superhuman: Stem Cell Advances are Leading to Dangers and Ethical Problems Few Have Considered

By Joseph Brean, National Post | 10.03.2014
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When she was outed as a fraud the other day, Florida’s three-breasted woman revealed a shift in the...

Biopolitics

Controversial Genetic Self-Testing Kits Coming to Canada

By André Picard, The Globe and Mail | 10.02.2014
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A controversial California company is going to start selling genetic test kits in Canada, and provide the information...

Bioethics

Lawsuit: Wrong Sperm Delivered to Lesbian Couple

By Meredith Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune | 10.01.2014

A white Ohio woman is suing a Downers Grove-based sperm bank, alleging that the company mistakenly gave her vials from...

Bioethics

State to Send Out About 200 Eugenics Payments

By Meghann Evans, Winston-Salem Journal | 10.01.2014

Elaine Riddick got a call this week that had been more than 40 years in the making.

Riddick, a victim...

Bioethics

Setting the Record Straight

By Daniel Cossins, The Scientist | 10.01.2014

Sometimes even the best-known stories have hidden subplots. This January, Nature published two papers describing an astonishing new way...

Media Coverage