News

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Emily Galpern] | 03.29.2026

More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.23.2026

This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by...

Civil Society

Surrogacy laws are all over the map

By Carly Mallenbaum, Axios [cites Surrogacy360] | 03.29.2026

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

Policies

Project Eugenics: The Rollback of Disability Rights

By Kiana Jackson and Shannon Stubblefield, New Disabled South | 02.09.2026

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

U.S. States

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Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

By Dhruv Mehrorta, Wired | 01.22.2024

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one...

Policies

A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person—and Worked for 3 Days

By Emily Mullin, Wired | 01.18.2024

Surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that they successfully attached a genetically altered pig liver to a brain-dead...

Animal Biotechnologies

Amid post-Roe concerns, Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to protect access to IVF

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 01.18.2024

Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting access to infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, amid growing concern...

Policies

Trump’s dangerous echoes of the eugenics movement

By Paul Moses, CNN | 01.16.2024

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Eugenics

FDA widens approval of Vertex’s CRISPR medicine to treat beta thalassemia

By Ned Pagliarulo, BioPharma Dive | 01.16.2024

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CRISPR-based medicine Casgevy for the inherited blood condition beta thalassemia, expanding...

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