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

FDA Weighs Unknowns of 3-Person Embryo 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...
Assisted Reproduction

The New Science Of Three-Parent Babies

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...

Assisted Reproduction

The Dangerous “Science” of Gregory Clark, as Read in <i>The New York Times</i>

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...

Racial Justice

Test Is Improved Predictor of Fetal Disorders

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...
Genomics

GOP Lawmaker: We Need to Ban Sex-Selective Abortions Because of Asian Immigrants

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...
Biopolitics

New Stem Cell Sagas

By Cynthia Fox, BioScience Technology | 02.25.2014
Even Teru Wakayama, a co-author on the Nature reprogramming papers that stunned the stem cell world this month, says he...
Stem Cells

To Understand Science, Study History

By Alejandra Dubcovsky, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 02.24.2014
I love the sciences. Because my father was a scientist, I grew up surrounded by talk of running gels, western...
Human Rights

Robert Klein, the California Stem Cell Agency and a $5 Billion Proposal

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 02.23.2014
The California stem cell agency has put a little distance between it and its former chairman, Robert Klein, who is...
Biopolitics