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

What Do Artificial Wombs Mean for Women?

By Soraya Chemaly, RH Reality Check | 02.23.2012

What happens when women, like men, can be parents without bearing children?  Does one form of gestation become a status...

Assisted Reproduction

Presidential Panel Wrestles with Ethical Issues Linked to Clinical Use of Whole Genome Sequencing

By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 02.23.2012

The U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is grappling with many of the ethical issues arising from...

Genomics

Patient Advocates Test Law on Human Gene Patents

By Louise Hall, The Sydney Morning Herald | 02.21.2012
Companies do not have the right to a patent over human gene sequences and genetic mutations because such biological material...
Other Countries

Patient Advocates Test Law on Human Gene Patents

By Louise Hall, The Sydney Morning Herald | 02.21.2012
Companies do not have the right to a patent over human gene sequences and genetic mutations because such biological material...
Other Countries

Editor’s Move Sparks Backlash

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 02.21.2012

The field of bioethics is embroiled in a period of soul-searching, sparked by a startling career move by one of...

Bioethics

Editor’s Move Sparks Backlash

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 02.21.2012

The field of bioethics is embroiled in a period of soul-searching, sparked by a startling career move by one of...

Bioethics

Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?

By Adam Cohen, Time | 02.20.2012

In 2010, Pamela Fink, an employee of a Connecticut energy company, made a new kind of discrimination claim: she charged...

Genomics

Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?

By Adam Cohen, Time | 02.20.2012

In 2010, Pamela Fink, an employee of a Connecticut energy company, made a new kind of discrimination claim: she charged...

Genomics