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

A Sperm Donor, Uncertain of What It Is to Be ‘Bio-Dad’

By David Dodge, The New York Times | 03.31.2014
“But … I’m so short!”

This, unfortunately, will always be the first phrase out of my mouth after my good...
LGBTQI

We May Already Know How we Will Cure Death—But Should we?

By Christopher Mims, Quartz | 03.29.2014
A pair of advocates—they do legitimate research too, but their ardor is so intense, it’s hard to call them scientists—believe...
Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Chromosomes

By Gregory E. Kaebnick, Bioethics Forum | 03.28.2014
A team of scientists announced this week that it had successfully created one of the sixteen chromosomes found in yeast...
Biopolitics

INTERVIEW: “I’m a Queer Egg Donor”

By Raquel Cool, We Are Egg Donors | 03.28.2014

Let’s talk about stigma for a second.

A year ago, we started We are Egg Donors as an advocacy and...

Bioethics

NHS Fertility Treatments Allow Two-Mum Families to Reach Record Levels

By Emily Dugan, The Independent | 03.27.2014
Record numbers of lesbian couples are becoming parents through fertility treatment, official figures show. The number of two-mum families jumped...
Biotech & Pharma

Researchers Claim Stem Cell Advance

By Monte Morin, The Los Angeles Times | 03.27.2014
As new revelations further discredit a highly publicized Japanese study on the use of acid to create so-called STAP stem...
Human Cloning

Stem Cell Scientists Reveal 'Unethical' Work Culture

By Helen Thomson, New Scientist | 03.27.2014
From "paradigm changer" to "sloppy and irresponsible". In just two months, two papers revealing a simple...
Biotech & Pharma

Surrogacy Births Bill Sails Through House Committee

By Michelle Millhollon, The Advocate [Louisiana] | 03.27.2014
For three weeks, state Rep. Joseph Lopinto worked to quell opposition to setting up a legal framework in Louisiana for...
U.S. States