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

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

Texas Family Turned to Bonita Stem Cell Doctor, but 5-Year-Old Died Before 'Miracle'

By Liz Freeman, Naples News | 03.03.2012
Jimmy and Jennifer Bell were scrambling to save their 5-year-old-son, Jason, last fall.

Shell-shocked with a diagnosis that their youngest...
Stem Cells

Texas Family Turned to Bonita Stem Cell Doctor, but 5-Year-Old Died Before 'Miracle'

By Liz Freeman, Naples News | 03.03.2012
Jimmy and Jennifer Bell were scrambling to save their 5-year-old-son, Jason, last fall.

Shell-shocked with a diagnosis that their youngest...
Stem Cells

Controversial Bioethicist Quits Stem-Cell Company

By David Cyranoski, Nature News Blog | 03.01.2012
On 28 February, bioethicist Glenn McGee resigned his position as president of ethics and strategic initiatives at the stem-cell firm...
Bioethics

Pregnant Surrogates ‘Left in the Lurch’ after RCMP Raid Fertility Consultant’s Office

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 03.01.2012
The RCMP have launched an unprecedented investigation of a fertility-treatment consultant, citing alleged violations of laws that ban the buying...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Controversial Bioethicist Quits Stem-Cell Company

By David Cyranoski, Nature News Blog | 03.01.2012
On 28 February, bioethicist Glenn McGee resigned his position as president of ethics and strategic initiatives at the stem-cell firm...
Bioethics

Pregnant Surrogates ‘Left in the Lurch’ after RCMP Raid Fertility Consultant’s Office

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 03.01.2012
The RCMP have launched an unprecedented investigation of a fertility-treatment consultant, citing alleged violations of laws that ban the buying...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

NIH Announces Database for Genetic Test Information

By Susan Young, Nature News Blog | 02.29.2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled its Genetic Testing Registry, a  database of  information on genetic tests...
U.S. Federal