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Developments in gene-editing technology raise new ethical questions

By [cites CGS' Katie Hasson], KCBS Radio | 11.19.2025

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

U.S. Federal

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.

By Emily Glazer, Katherine Long, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 11.08.2025

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

Genetic Selection

Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda

By Jallicia A. Jolly, Sydney Curtis and Nicole Sessions, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2025

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

U.S. Federal

Does One Size Fit All?

By Jay S. Kaufman, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.27.2025

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

Society

I Was Sure Freezing My Eggs Would Solve Everything

By Doree Shafrir, BuzzFeed | 06.22.2014
Untitled Document

I couldn’t tell you the exact moment I started thinking about whether I was going to be able...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

On the Perils of Genetic Testing

By Mona Gable, Huffington Post | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

In the fall of 2010, as my brother was dying of colon cancer, I learned a terrifying secret...

Genomics

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights

'Shoebox IVF' Hope for Infertile Couples

By Cathy Edwards, BBC | 06.21.2014
Untitled Document

Could an IVF kit that fits in a shoebox and some kitchen cupboard essentials provide hope for people...

Human Rights

Passport Delay Leaves Surrogate Babies Stranded in India

By BBC, BBC | 06.20.2014

Kiran and Bina Salvi, from Bolton, travelled out three months ago to collect their surrogate twins.

Labour MP Julie Hilling...

Biopolitics

Who Owns Your Tissue? You’d be Surprised

By Timothy Caulfield, Toronto Globe and Mail | 06.20.2014
Untitled Document

Who owns your tissue? Do you have a right to control what happens to your cells and all...

Stem Cells