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

The Silence of the Bioethicists

By Leigh Turner, Impact Ethics | 03.24.2014
Last week, Kirstin Borgerson, a philosopher at Dalhousie University, published a thoughtful commentary on my colleague Carl Elliott’s persistent call...
Bioethics

Sterilization Survivors Can't Fully Escape Eugenics Era

By Calvin Trice, News Leader | 03.23.2014
Lewis Reynolds served for 30 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, during which he fought in the Korean and Vietnam...
Bioethics

Hitler’s Favorite American: “Biological Fascism” in the Shadow of New York City

By Paul Martin, Salon | 03.23.2014
Growing up in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the early 1900s, young Carrie Buck impressed those she met as serious and self-possessed...
Bioethics

Slowing the Rush to Genetically Modified Babies

By Enola Aird, MomsRising | 03.22.2014
We are heading toward a slippery slope. The United Kingdom is moving closer to allowing scientists to create genetically modified...
Bioethics

A Surrogate Story

By Debesh Banerjee, The Indian Express | 03.21.2014
Twenty-four-year-old Vimlesh Devi has been a surrogate mother for two years. A mother of three and a homemaker, she lives...
Other Countries

Appeals Court OKs California DNA Swabs of Felony Arrestees

By AP, Associated Press | 03.20.2014

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld California's law requiring people arrested for felonies to submit samples of their DNA...

Bioethics

Mugshots Built From DNA Data

By Sara Reardon, Nature | 03.20.2014
Leaving a hair at a crime scene could one day be as damning as leaving a photograph of your face...
Civil Society

Breast Cancer Genes and Patient Protection in an Era of Personalized Medicine

By Karuna Jaggar, Huffington Post | 03.20.2014

Genetic testing is often heralded as a cornerstone in an imminent and exciting new age of personalized medicine, in which...

Genomics