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

Do Genes Matter? Families Under the Microscope

By Petra Nordqvist, BioNews | 06.02.2014
There is an increasing tendency to want to explain everything human, from stress, to being gay, or having a zest...
Bioethics

Braggadacio, Information Control, and Fear: Life Inside a Brigham Stem Cell Lab Under Investigation

By Anonymous, Retraction Watch | 05.30.2014
The following post was written by a former research fellow in the lab of Piero Anversa to whom we’ve promised...
Biotech & Pharma

Spinal Cord, HIV Stem Cell Treatments Funded

By Bradley J. Fikes, UT San Diego | 05.29.2014
A potentially groundbreaking trial to treat spinal cord injuries with tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells will resume, after...
Biotech & Pharma

Venter Institute-Led Team Details Synbio Policy Challenges and Options

By GEN, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 05.29.2014

Policy specialists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the University of Virginia, and EMBO released a report that...

U.S. Federal

Embattled STAP Cell Scientist Obokata to Retract Research Paper

By Japan Times, The Japan Times | 05.28.2014

OSAKA – Embattled scientist Haruko Obokata has agreed to retract one of two STAP cell research papers from the journal...

Biotech & Pharma

Why are Smart Women Waiting Until the Onset of Menopause to Try to Have Kids?

By Miriam Zoll, PBS | 05.27.2014

In a recent PBS “To the Contrary”show about the infertility industry, host Bonnie Erbe` asked: Why did Miriam Zoll...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Uninformed Tech Regulations Will Either Kill Innovation or Risk Human Lives

By Jason Koebler, Vice | 05.27.2014
Synthetic Biology

$3B Fertility Industry the Wild West of U.S. Medicine

By Justine Griffin, Sarasota Herald-Tribune | 05.25.2014

Editor's note: Inspired to act by a childhood loss, Sarasota Herald-Tribune staff writer Justine Griffin became an egg donor and...

Bioethics