U.S. States

Individual states have passed differing laws regarding human biotechnologies, creating an often inconsistent policy patchwork across the country. This is particularly the case with regard to human reproductive cloning, embryo cloning for stem cell research, and surrogacy. While more than a dozen states prohibit human reproductive cloning, the rest have not addressed it in law. Several states prohibit the creation of cloned human embryos for stem cell research, while others – notably California, which prohibits reproductive cloning – have invested billions of dollars in stem cell research programs that fund it. Laws and regulations pertaining to assisted reproduction, especially surrogacy, also vary significantly from state to state.

California Plans Legislation to Compensate Sterilization Survivors

By Emily Galpern, Guest Contributor | 08.10.2017

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At a time when civil rights, health services, and climate justice are under attack nationally, California is leading the way toward a more humane future. Local governments’ commitment to sanctuary cities, passage of laws to safeguard reproductive health services, and concrete steps to address climate change put California’s city, county and state governments at the forefront of a progressive agenda that stands up to irrational national policies.

And now California has the opportunity to be a leader in yet another...

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Will Healthcare Inequality Cause Genetic Diseases to Disproportionately Impact the Poor?

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 07.31.2017

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Today in America, if you are poor, you are also more likely to suffer from poor health. Low socioeconomic status—and the lack of access to healthcare that often accompanies it—has been tied to mental illness, obesity, heart disease...

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