News

The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

Genetic Selection

Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement

By Staff, National Women's Law Center | 08.13.2025

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Human Genetic Modification

We Don’t Know if the Babies Born From Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Will Still Develop Mitochondrial Disease

By Katherine Drabiak, Journal of Medical Ethics Forum | 08.07.2025

Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute

Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...

Assisted Reproduction

Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...

Genetic Selection

Canada’s Murky Legal World of Surrogate-Consultants and Human-Egg Buyers

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 03.09.2012

Struggling to make ends meet as a university English major, Elizabeth could not help but notice the online classified ad...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Gene Therapists Ask to be Released From the RAC

By Jocelyn Kaise, Science Insider | 03.09.2012
The main U.S. professional society representing gene therapists argued this week that clinical trials in their maturing field should no...
Genomics

'Personalized Medicine' Hits a Bump

By Ron Winslow, The Wall Street Journal | 03.07.2012
A tumor's genetic makeup can vary significantly even within the same tumor sample, researchers said, a finding that poses new...
Genomics

The Case Against DNA

By William Langley, The Telegraph | 03.06.2012

Sitting in the dock of a brightly lit courtroom, David Butler cocks his head to one side as he listens...

Genomics

The Case Against DNA

By William Langley, The Telegraph | 03.06.2012

Sitting in the dock of a brightly lit courtroom, David Butler cocks his head to one side as he listens...

Genomics

Surrogate Mothers Face Nightmares of Surrogacy

By Savita Verma, India Today | 03.05.2012

The poor surrogate mothers in Gujarat, who rent their wombs to augment the family income, have been confronted with the...

Other Countries

Surrogate Mothers Face Nightmares of Surrogacy

By Savita Verma, India Today | 03.05.2012

The poor surrogate mothers in Gujarat, who rent their wombs to augment the family income, have been confronted with the...

Other Countries

Same-Sex Custody Battle Could Change Florida Law

By James Rosica, NewsOK | 03.04.2012
A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood.

It...
LGBTQI