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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...

two people in lab coats edit a DNA helix
By Rebecca Robbins and Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times | 01.24.2023

Suhellen Oliveira Da Silva was six months pregnant when she learned that the child she was carrying had the same...

Japanese flag in front of a corporate building
By Kyodo News, Kyodo News | 01.23.2023

The Japanese government was ordered Monday to pay damages to two people over their forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics...

rat that is brown and white
By Brandon Keim, The New York Times | 01.23.2023

Photo by Alexandr Gusev on Unsplash

When Lauren Strohacker received her second Covid-19 vaccine dose in the spring of 2021...

the flag of china
By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang, The New York Times | 01.22.2023

It was a cold and overcast morning in November, but one full of promise for Guo Meiyan and her husband...

a protest sign that says "keep abortion safe and legal"
By Felicia Kornbluh, The Washington Post | 01.20.2023

In June 1973, the Southern Poverty Law Center began publicizing a case it was pursuing in defense of two Black...

a dna double helix with the words "invalid patent" beside it
By David Cyranoski, Jorge L. Contreras & Victoria T. Carrington , Nature Biotechnology | 01.18.2023

Stanford bioethicist Henry Greely predicts that a large proportion of human pregnancies — perhaps even 90% in the United States...

eugenics tree
By Maren Linett, Nursing Clio | 01.17.2023

Ann Leary’s 2022 novel The Foundling follows a young white woman, Mary Engle, who in the 1930s lands a job...

3d render of red blood cells
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 01.17.2023

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Terry Jackson lives a life dominated by sickle cell disease. The genetic disorder, in which...