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The Global Economy of Human Eggs: An interview with Diane Tober

By Gabriele Pichlhofer and Tino Plümecke, Guest Contributors | 03.25.2026
Biopolitical Times

A German translation of this interview will be published in May 2026 in the German GID MAGAZIN, which focuses on the market for reproductive technologies. For more information, visit: Gen-ethisches Netzwerk
 

Egg donation is currently prohibited in Germany and Switzerland, but both countries have been debating its legalization for years. In Switzerland, a legal framework is currently being developed, with a first draft expected by the end of the year. Yet the debate rarely draws on scientific evidence. Instead...

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Surrogacy goes more mainstream

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

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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...

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Public Health, Vaccines and Modern Eugenics

By Pete Shanks | 02.27.2026
Biopolitical Times

Last month, we published “The Shameful Legacy of Tuskegee” which focused on a proposed experiment in Guinea-Bissau. The...

Bioethics

Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part II

By Jessica Riskin, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 03.24.2026

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This is the second part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by...

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‘I didn’t come here to get rich’: new research on the lives of Ukrainian women in Georgia’s surrogacy boom

By Olga Oleinikova, Medea Badashvili, and Polina Vlasenko | 04.23.2026

“I didn’t come here to get rich. I came because I had no other way to keep my son safe...

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Serial Entrepreneur and “Frankenstein’s” Ex Launches (Another) New Germline Editing Startup

By Pete Shanks | 03.26.2026

Cathy Tie seems to be good at starting businesses but not so dedicated to maintaining them. CGS, like many others...

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The Global Economy of Human Eggs: An interview with Diane Tober

By Gabriele Pichlhofer and Tino Plümecke, Guest Contributors | 03.25.2026

A German translation of this interview will be published in May 2026 in the German GID MAGAZIN, which focuses on...

Other Countries

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"Tecnoeugenesia", el plan dentro del movimiento neoconservador para aplicar ingeniería genética poblacional

By Miguel Muñoz, Cadena SER [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.04.2026

"Para ellos, una familia numerosa no solo es una preferencia personal, sino que es una obligación. Creen que tener tantos hijos como sea posible es necesario para evitar un futuro apocalíptico", aseguraba Xavier Orri, periodista y cofundador de Página Internacional...

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Fifteen people charged in connection with egg donor exploitation in India

By Tarandeep Hira, BioNews | 05.26.2026

Fifteen people, including five doctors, have been charged in Maharashtra, India, following an investigation into the exploitation of financially vulnerable egg donors.

A nearly 5000-page chargesheet was filed before a court in Ulhasnagar. The investigation began in February after a...

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They Started I.V.F., Then Split. Now Who Gets Custody of the Embryos?

By Caroline Kitchener, The New York Times | 05.24.2026

More than anything else in the world, Erin Millender longed to be a mother. She already had a day care picked out, a Pack ’n Play stashed in her basement. She’d tried Chinese pregnancy teas and midnight fertility ceremonies under...

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Who is Nepal’s egg donation ban actually protecting?

By Aarya Chand, The Kathmandu Post | 05.21.2026

KATHMANDU – When Padma was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer. What followed were three brutal cycles of chemotherapy—each necessary, each taking something from her. Doctors warned that the radiation would damage her ovaries. But Padma was fighting to stay...

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