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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...

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...

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

Why it matters: Confusing...

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

several light blue strands of DNA floating over a dark blue background
By Robert F. Service, Science | 05.11.2023

Biologists who have been obtaining DNA sequences online from companies will soon have a more convenient option: benchtop machines that...

a genome of all the races
By Elie Dolgin, The New York Times | 05.10.2023

More than 20 years after scientists first released a draft sequence of the human genome, the book of life has...

ivf taking place in a Petrie dish
By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 05.09.2023

The first UK baby created with DNA from three people has been born after doctors performed a groundbreaking IVF procedure...

the california flag which shows a bear facing left on a patch of grass in a white background. The words CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC are underneath it in yellow and below that is a horizontal red stripe
By Phil Barber, The Press Democrat | 05.03.2023

On the final day of 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a program meant to soothe some of the harm...

two scientists stand on a teal slope with a white background. One scientist is pulling out a rung from a DNA ladder
By Sarojini Nadimpally, The BMJ | 05.03.2023

Challenges exist around heritable gene editing, its potential medical applications, ethical implications, and the need for regulatory mechanisms in the...

a piece of DNA colored white over an american dollar bill on a blue background
By Rob Stein, NPR | 05.02.2023

When Chase Finazzo was just a few years old, his parents noticed Chase was pretty clumsy. But they didn't think...

A eugenics poster
By Émile P. Torres, Truthdig | 05.01.2023

When most people hear the word “eugenics,” they immediately think of the Nazis. And for good reason: the Nazis force-sterilized...

an anti abortion ban protest
By Carla Hall, Los Angeles Times | 05.01.2023

Among the dubious points that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk makes in his recent ruling suspending the Food and Drug...