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

"MC0_8230" via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by 2.0 

This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

U.S. States

RADIO: Mothers for a Human Future

By Dr. Gordon Atherley, VoiceAmerica | 05.19.2014

Hosted by Dr. Gordon Atherley

Guest Information

Enola G. Aird

Marcy Darnovsky, PhD

Episode Description

Enola G. Aird is a...

Global Governance

On Dialogue: Disability Studies and Science & Technology Studies

By Laura Mauldin, Somatosphere | 05.19.2014
Untitled Document

I am grateful to Somatosphere for inviting to me to write a post for the blog. I was...

Biotech & Pharma

Why I Won’t Give a Sample of my DNA to Decode Genetics

By Alda Sigmundsdóttir, The Iceland Weather Report | 05.19.2014
Untitled Document

Last week I posted a picture on our Facebook page of the contents of an envelope I received...

Bioethics

Scientists Hoping to Ease Interpretation of the DNA ‘Book of Life’

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe | 05.19.2014
Untitled Document

On paper, Dr. Robert C. Green should be worried. An analysis of his DNA flagged a rare mutation...

Biotech & Pharma

Surprise: Stem Cells Help Mice with Multiple Sclerosis to Walk

By Kirsten Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune | 05.15.2014

In the fall of 2010, a team of scientists in California injected human stem cells into the spinal cords of...

Human Genetic Modification

Charging Into the Minefield of Genes and Racial Difference

By Arthur Allen, The New York Times | 05.15.2014

Few areas of science have contributed more to human misery than the study of racial difference. In the 1920s, eugenicists...

Arts & Culture

Danish Company Offers Gender Selection

By Alina Shron, The Copenhagen Post | 05.15.2014
A Danish company offers parents-to-be a sex selection service for their future child. For around 40,000 kroner, couples can choose...
Other Countries

Desperate for a Baby: Scammed in Global Surrogacy's Newest Frontier

By Caroline Cooper, Adam May and Anna Christiansen, Al Jazeera America | 05.15.2014
Untitled Document

Jonah Winn-Lenetsky and Chris Pommier have wanted children ever since they started dating in college more than a...

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