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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 Nathaniel Rich, The New York Times | 02.27.2014
The first time Ben Novak saw a passenger pigeon, he fell to his knees and remained in that position, speechless...
By Nam Hyun-woo, Korea Times | 02.27.2014
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld a suspended jail term of one year and six months for two years issued to...
By Gretchen Vogel, Science Insider | 02.27.2014
The U.K. government today issued proposed regulations that would allow researchers to try a new and controversial in vitro fertilization...
By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press | 02.26.2014
WASHINGTON — Genetic experts cautioned that it could take decades to confirm the safety of an experimental technique, meant to...
By Tom Ashbrook, NPR On Point | 02.26.2014
Day two today of F.D.A. hearings on what you may have seen described in headlines as “three-parent babies.” The genetic...
By Matt Ruben, Philadelphia Magazine | 02.26.2014
Earlier this week, Sandy Hingston reported on a new study by California economics professor Gregory Clark, which claims genes...
By Pam Belluck, New York Times | 02.26.2014
A test that analyzes fetal DNA found in a pregnant woman’s blood proved much more accurate in screening for Down...
By Molly Redden, Mother Jones | 02.25.2014
South Dakota already has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation. But last week, Republican legislators there...