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

Mom's Environment During Pregnancy can Affect her Grandchildren

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 07.10.2014
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Starving a pregnant mouse can cause changes in the sperm of her sons that apparently warp the health...

Human Genetic Modification

The Fault in Our DNA: Reviews of <i>A Troublesome Inheritance</i> and <i>Inheritance</i>

By David Dobbs, The New York Times | 07.10.2014
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In his 2007 book “A Farewell to Alms,” the economic historian Gregory Clark argued that the English came...

Racial Justice

Donated IVF Eggs Linked to Gestational Hypertension

By Mitchel L. Zoler, Ob.Gyn. News Digital Network | 07.08.2014
MUNICH – Women pregnant with an embryo produced by in vitro fertilization of a donated egg developed gestational hypertension at...
Assisted Reproduction

Biotech Reels Over Patent Ruling

By Erika Check-Hayden, Nature News | 07.08.2014
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Guidelines that forbid patents on a wide array of natural products, phenomena and principles have many in the...

Biotech & Pharma

What-Syn-a-Name?

By Jim Thomas, The Guardian | 07.08.2014
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He was looking quite lost. An eminent scientist and UN delegate was stumbling over the meaning of a...

Biopolitics

Would-Be Parents Fleeced, Surrogates Abandoned by Mexican Surrogacy Operation Planet Hospital

By Jane Cowan and Bronwen Reed, ABC [Australia] | 07.08.2014
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An unscrupulous surrogacy operation in Mexico has left clients thousands of dollars out of pocket, and dozens of...

Global Governance

Stem Cell Treatment Causes Nasal Growth in Woman's Back

By Clare Wilson, New Scientist | 07.08.2014
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A woman in the US has developed a tumour-like growth eight years after a stem cell treatment to...

Stem Cells

Former CEO of California Stem Cell Agency Named to Board of Firm that Received $19 Million From the Agency

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.07.2014
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Alan Trounson, the former president of the $3 billion California stem cell agency, today was named to...
Stem Cells