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

A New Generation of GMOs

By Josie Garthwaite, Ensia | 09.18.2014
Untitled Document

Thousands of researchers will descend on Boston this fall for an event billed as the world’s largest gathering...

Genetic Selection

Three-Parent Babies: It's More Messy Than we Thought

By Editorial, New Scientist | 09.18.2014
Untitled Document

IN A few weeks, the UK is set to decide whether to become the first country to allow...

Genomics

MacArthur Grant Sheds Light on Reproductive Technologies

By Elayne Clift, Sentinel Source | 09.18.2014

A couple has had miscarriages, considered in-vitro fertilization, discussed adoption and finally opted for a surrogate to bear their baby...

Biopolitics

Under the Skin

By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 09.18.2014
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
Nicholas Wade
Penguin: 2014.
ISBN: 978-1594204463

Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in...
Bioethics

Surrogates and Couples Face a Maze of Laws, State by State

By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times | 09.17.2014

When Crystal Kelley, a Connecticut woman who had signed a contract to bear a baby for a couple in her...

Assisted Reproduction

If We Create Life, Who Will Control It?

By Marcelo Gleiser, NPR | 09.17.2014
Perhaps I shouldn't have used a conditional in the title. After all, we are already creating life.

Recently, Craig Venter...
Global Governance

On the Irreversibility of Gene Drives

By Noam Prywes, The Scientist | 09.16.2014
In 2008 it was proposed to the Geological Society of London that we had entered a new geological era, the...
Global Governance

Risks of Twins, Triplets May Prompt IVF Patients to Opt for Singletons

By Alan Zarembo, The Los Angeles Times | 09.16.2014

A new study bolsters the argument that fertility doctors should transfer just one embryo at a time when they are...

Biotech & Pharma