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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 David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 11.03.2013
The California stem cell agency is nearing the end of its “normal” life span, and the topic of its future...
By Cecilia Capuzzi Simon, The New York Times | 11.01.2013
THE temporarily able-bodied, or TABs. That’s what disability activists call those who are not physically or mentally impaired. And they...
By Franki Webb, IPPro Life Sciences | 10.31.2013
Last month, 23andMe caused controversy when it patented technology that could allow parents to effectively design their own babies.
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By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 10.31.2013
A federal judge has invalidated the central patent underlying a noninvasive method of detecting Down syndrome in fetuses without the...
By IBN, IBN Live | 10.30.2013
Foreign nationals intending to visit India for commissioning surrogacy will not be allowed to come on a tourist visa from...
By Linda Geddes, New Scientist | 10.30.2013
MOST parents dream of a 5-week-old baby who sleeps through the night, but Aga Warnell knew something was wrong. Her...
By Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 10.29.2013
He founded two genetic-sequencing companies and sold them for hundreds of millions of dollars. He helped to sequence the genomes...
By Daniel Cressey, Nature News Blog | 10.29.2013
Hundreds of thousands of patients have been exposed to potential harm in clinical trials whose results have yet to be...