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This is the 10th 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 Osagie K. Obasogie in...

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One...

There is growing concern that falling fertility rates will lead to economic and demographic catastrophe. The social and political movement...

In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby...

GM plant seedlings in test tubes
By Claire Robinson, GM Watch | 08.30.2023

Announcing the passing into law of the Genetic Technology Act, which removes regulatory safeguards around a whole subclass of GMOs...

Sketch of a robot face
By AFP, France24 | 08.28.2023

Silicon Valley's favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence around the idea of human extinction...

a pink background with a green beaker and a dark green Petri dish with gametes in each
By Willow Shah-Neville, Labiotech [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.22.2023

Lately, there seems to have been a lot of talk about the possibility of ‘lab-grown babies’. Proper research into this...

human skulls on a black background
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | 08.18.2023

The Smithsonian has formed a task force to address the massive collection of human remains held by its museums, which...

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By Elayne Clift, Daily Kos | 08.18.2023

A recent press release I received got me thinking about how much we really care about kids?  The press alert...

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By Megan Molteni, STAT | 08.17.2023

When someone says the word embryo, what do you think of? Probably that picture you’ve seen a thousand times on...

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By Anna Molas, The Conversation | 08.17.2023

Spain performs more than half of all egg donation treatments across Europe. The country is the largest provider of...

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By Arthur Caplan and Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 08.17.2023

The technology associated with assisted reproduction has grown exponentially in the last two decades. Planned oocyte and sperm freezing, posthumous...