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

Chinese Couples Come to U.S. to Have Children Through Surrogacy

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times | 02.18.2012

Americans have long gone to China to adopt babies. In a twist, Chinese couples are now coming here to become...

Other Countries

Chinese Couples Come to U.S. to Have Children Through Surrogacy

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times | 02.18.2012

Americans have long gone to China to adopt babies. In a twist, Chinese couples are now coming here to become...

Other Countries

Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 02.18.2012
DNA sequencing is becoming both faster and cheaper. Now, it is also becoming tinier.

A British company said on Friday...
Genomics

Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 02.18.2012
DNA sequencing is becoming both faster and cheaper. Now, it is also becoming tinier.

A British company said on Friday...
Genomics

The Celltex Affair

By Carl Elliott, Slate | 02.17.2012

The stem-cell tourism industry is not exactly renowned for ethical probity, much less scientific rigor. Given its reputation for peddling...

Bioethics

The Celltex Affair

By Carl Elliott, Slate | 02.17.2012

The stem-cell tourism industry is not exactly renowned for ethical probity, much less scientific rigor. Given its reputation for peddling...

Bioethics

Chief Judge Backs Broader DNA Testing

By AP, Associated Press | 02.15.2012

ALBANY — New York’s chief judge urged lawmakers Tuesday to require DNA testing for every felony and criminal misdemeanor conviction...

Technologies

Sperm Donor Identity Debate Focuses on Children's Rights

By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun | 02.15.2012
While adoptive children have the right to information about their birth parents and children of sperm donors have no rights...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights