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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 George Estreich, <i>Biopolitical Times</i> guest contributor
| 07.23.2013
I’m just home from the annual National Down Syndrome Congress convention, and even given the fact that Down syndrome lands...
By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press | 07.22.2013
RALEIGH, N.C. - A proposed budget agreement sets aside $10 million for one-time payments to North Carolina's forced sterilization victims...
By BBC, BBC News | 07.21.2013
The prospect of reversing blindness has made a significant leap, according to scientists in the UK.
An animal study in...
By Shobita Dhar, The Times of India | 07.21.2013
Mayuri Singhal, 36, married into a fair-skinned family. She herself is what is often described in matrimonial columns as 'wheatish'...
By Ben Finley, Inquirer | 07.20.2013
Early on Nov. 30, 2011, someone threw a rock through a Bristol Township gas station window and hopped inside.
The...
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By Stefan Timmermans, Los Angeles Times | 07.19.2013
This year marks the 50th anniversary of routine newborn screening in the United States. Since 1963, tens of millions of...
By Ida Torres, Japan Daily Press | 07.19.2013
The Japanese government finally gave its approval for the world’s first clinical trials using stem cells that will be harvested...
By Teresa Chin, Hyphen Magazine | 07.19.2013
The ad wasn’t exactly subtle: “Genius Asian Egg Donor Needed — Above Average Compensation.” The author of the ad, which...