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

On Race, Medicine, and Reproduction: An Interview with Dorothy Roberts

By Sophia Seawell, Bluestockings Magazine | 02.04.2014
Dorothy Roberts is a scholar, professor, author and social justice advocate, and currently the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at...
Bioethics

New Rule Allows Patients to Get Test Results Directly From Labs, Without Doctors’ Clearance

By Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post | 02.03.2014
Patients may obtain their test results directly from the laboratory that produced them, without having to go through their doctors...
Bioethics

Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 02.03.2014
Her first thought after she heard the news, after she screamed and made her mother and boyfriend leave the room...
Genomics

Ireland Publishes Draft Surrogacy Legislation

By Antony Blackburn-Starza, BioNews | 02.03.2014

Untitled Document The Irish Government has agreed to put forward proposals for a wide-ranging bill that features provisions on surrogacy...

Other Countries

Global Patent War Looms With Epoch-Making Discovery of STAP Cells

By Tatsuyuki Kobori and Akiyoshi Abe, The Asahi Shimbun | 02.03.2014
Japanese researcher Haruko Obokata's recent breakthrough in the creation of pluripotent stem cells in mice is set to trigger an...
Biopolitics

The Baby-Making Business: on the front lines of Toronto’s booming, semi-legal surrogacy market

By Alison Motluk, Toronto Life | 02.03.2014
Cindy Wasser’s first date with Chris Blake, the man who would become her husband, was a disaster. He tripped on...
Other Countries

Poll Shows We Want Those DNA Breakthroughs But Worry Scientists May Be 'Playing God'

By Emily Swanson, Huffington Post | 02.02.2014
Most Americans are excited about the possibility of scientific breakthroughs brought by DNA research, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds. But...
Bioethics

On Race and Medicine

By Keith Norris, The Scientist | 02.01.2014
Clinical trials were traditionally conducted using predominately white male subjects. However, the 1993 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Revitalization Act...
Biopolitics