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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 Dr. Gordon Atherley, Voice America | 02.10.2014
Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, is Executive Director of the
Center for Genetics and Society. Jeff Nisker, MD PhD FRCSC...
By Calum MacKellar, BioNews | 02.10.2014
In his response (BioNews 738) to the article 'Should persons affected by mitochondrial disorders not be...
By Enola Aird, MomsRising | 02.10.2014
Remember the three-parent babies I told you about in December? The ones made with genetic material from two different women? ...
By Barbara Czub, BioNews | 02.10.2014
Whole genome testing has been used to guide tailored treatment against advanced breast cancer in a group of 43 patients...
By Pritha Chatterjee and Mayura Janwalkar, The Indian Express | 02.09.2014
Among the registrations from 149 countries on http://www.surrogatefinder.com, a website offering free registration to egg and sperm donors, surrogate...
By Pritha Chatterjee, The Indian Express | 02.09.2014
An initial post-mortem report of the 23-year-old Yuma Sherpa, who died after an egg donation procedure at an IVF clinic...
By Tanya Selvaratnam, CNN | 02.08.2014
Editor's note: Tanya Selvaratnam is a writer, an actor, a producer, and an activist. As an activist, she has worked...
By Anne Eisenberg, The New York Times | 02.08.2014
What if laboratories could run comprehensive DNA tests on infants at birth, spotting important variations in their genomes that might...