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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They Were Given IUDs as Children Without Their Consent. Now, They Want Compensation.

By Isabella Kwai, The New York Times | 10.03.2023

Dozens of Indigenous women and girls from Greenland have said that they had intrauterine devices inserted without their consent in...

Eugenics

F.D.A. Moves to Regulate Lab Tests That It Says Put Patients ‘at Risk’

By Christina Jewett, The New York Times | 09.29.2023

The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it was moving to close what has widely been viewed as...

U.S. Federal

Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm in the lab

By Rob Stein, NPR | 09.28.2023

Katsuhiko Hayashi pulls a clear plastic dish from an incubator and slides it under a microscope.

"You really want to...

Assisted Reproduction

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Stop overselling GM on yield, warns plant breeding researcher

By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 09.26.2023

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A young researcher studying plant breeding for her PhD at Cornell University has just...

Patents & Other IP

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Myopic View of Xenotransplantation

By Franklin G. Miller, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 09.25.2023

The news media significantly influence public perceptions of medical innovation. How cutting- edge medical innovation is presented—what receives attention and...

Animal Biotechnologies