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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 Editorial, Nature | 07.09.2013
The Italian government is planning to oversee a clinical trial of a controversial stem-cell therapy. There are many reasons for...
By Heather Long, Guardian | 07.09.2013
When the world looks back at how the "designer babies" trend began, they will see an innocent start. A Philadelphia...
By Marcy Darnovsky, Nature | 07.09.2013
The UK government’s recent move towards human trials of mitochondrial-replacement techniques has prompted intense interest among scientists and bioethicists, while...
By Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer | 07.08.2013
The N.C. legislature is still attracting attention for all the wrong reasons – last week, it was stealth Senate approval...
By Linda Geddes, New Scientist | 07.08.2013
Connor, a healthy baby boy, has made history. He is the first child to be born after his parents had...
By Melanie Smallman and Simon Lock, The Guardian | 07.08.2013
In last week's blog piece "The public don't want to be involved in science policy" Hannah Baker used...
By Corey G. Johnson, Center for Investigative Reporting | 07.07.2013
Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010...
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.07.2013
The California stem cell agency is moving to remove an absolute ban on use of stem cell lines derived from...