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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...
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...
By Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian | 04.04.2014
Dr Sharon Moalem recently diagnosed a mother with a rare type of hereditary ataxia, a neurological disorder for which there...
By Julie Power, The Sydney Morning Herald | 04.03.2014
For the first time, the NSW Police Force has used DNA testing to screen its newest crop of 189 student...
By Kelly Servick, Science | 04.03.2014
The U.S. Department of Defense’s research arm is making a concerted grasp at biotechnology. On 1 April, the Defense Advanced...
By Alex Stern, Huffington Post | 04.02.2014
Since the development of their field four decades ago, genetic counselors have sought to acquire greater professional standing and increase...
By Alex Stern, HuffPost | 04.02.2014
Since the development of their field four decades ago, genetic counselors have sought to acquire greater professional standing and increase...
By Deborah Reid, RH Reality Check | 04.02.2014
Women of color created and defined the concept of reproductive justice, which is firmly rooted in a human rights...
By Kathleen Sloan and Jennifer Lahl, Twin Cities | 04.01.2014
The Minnesota Senate and House are currently considering two separate bills to legalize commercial surrogacy in the state (S.F. 2627...
By Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | 04.01.2014
Apparently bowing to pressure from its members, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) says that patients should...