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

The Biological Inferiority of the Undeserving Poor

By Michael B. Katz, Social Work and Society International Online Journal | 12.24.2013
. . . if the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our...
Bioethics

CRISPRs Enlisted to Study Mutations Across an Entire Mammalian Genome

By GEN, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 12.24.2013

Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have developed a technique to create a comprehensive library of mutations across all...

Animal Biotechnologies

Only High-Risk Women Need Breast Cancer Gene Test: Experts

By Dennis Thompson, US News | 12.23.2013
Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk...
Biotech & Pharma

Doctors' Group Sounds Warning on Freezing Eggs to Buy Time on Your Biological Clock

By Sarah Elizabeth Richards, NBC News | 12.23.2013
Thinking about freezing your eggs to buy yourself a few more baby-making years? Not so fast, says the American College...
Public Opinion

Screening Newborns For Disease Can Leave Families In Limbo

By Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR | 12.23.2013
For Matthew and Brianne Wojtesta, it all started about a week after the birth of their daughter Vera. Matthew was...
Bioethics

Top Science Longreads of 2013

By Ed Yong, National Geographic | 12.23.2013
I’m really optimistic about the future for long, deep, rich science reporting. There are more places that are publishing it...
Global Governance

How Many Donor Offspring are Really Out There?

By Wendy Kramer, Medium | 12.23.2013
In 1988 the Office of Technology Assessment estimated that 30,000 children were born via donor insemination during the year 1986/87...
Global Governance

The (Unknown) Costs of Private-for-Profit IVF

By Alana Cattapan, Impact Ethics | 12.21.2013
On December 10, 2013, the Montreal Gazette published a story describing an ongoing dispute between Dr. Seang Lin Tan and...
Bioethics