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

Will my Disabled Daughter have a Place in this Genetic Wonderland?

By Ian Birrell, The Guardian | 08.07.2014

I can still remember each second of that day just before Christmas when everything changed. The happy family lunch, then...

Genetic Selection

Thai Case Casts Spotlight on Business of Surrogacy

By Grant Peck and Kriten Gelineau, AP | 08.07.2014
Untitled Document

For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Letter Campaign Sought to Pressure FDA Action on Stem Cell Clinics

By Elie Dolgin, Nature Medicine | 08.06.2014
Untitled Document

Unregulated stem cell clinics are proliferating throughout the US. A case in point is the Cell Surgical Network...

Stem Cells

Study Shows Third Gene as Indicator for Breast Cancer

By Nicholas Bakalar, The New York Times | 08.06.2014
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Mutations in a gene called PALB2 raise the risk of breast cancer in women by almost as much...

Biotech & Pharma

Use of Experimental Ebola Drug Raises Red Flags Among Medical Experts

By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times | 08.05.2014
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Two American aid workers were gravely ill, fighting to survive infection with the deadly Ebola virus. A San...

Biotech & Pharma

Lord Winston’s Warning

By Gulzaar Barn, Practical Ethics | 08.05.2014
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Last month Lord Robert Winston delivered the Physiological Society summer lecture entitled, ‘Shall we be human in the...

Bioethics

STAP Stem Cell Controversy Ends in Suicide for Japanese Scientist

By Karen Kaplan, L | 08.05.2014
Untitled Document

A Japanese scientist who played an instrumental role in two discredited studies about a new type of stem...

Stem Cells

STAP Stem Cell Controversy Ends in Suicide for Japanese Scientist

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times | 08.05.2014
Untitled Document

A Japanese scientist who played an instrumental role in two discredited studies about a new type of stem...

Stem Cells