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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...

a black mother holding her baby
By Amber Ferguson, The Washington Post | 10.20.2022

Every night a little after 1 a.m., following her shift as a guard at a women’s prison, Reese Brooks...

an IVF embryo
By Andrew Joseph, STAT | 10.19.2022

When Sarka Lisonkova and her colleagues set out to study disparities in the birth outcomes of people who’ve used methods...

A person in an electric wheelchair
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 10.19.2022

For a quarter of a century, Dr. Lisa Iezzoni, a professor of medicine at Harvard, has heard the same story...

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By McKenzie Prillaman, Nature | 10.19.2022

Nature has published a special issue on racism and science, which includes this article.

Nadine Caron was horrified by...

the building entrance reading "Imperial College London" with blue sky and clouds in the background
By Philip Ball, Nature | 10.19.2022

Nature has published a special issue on racism and science, which includes this article.

In February, the nineteenth-century naturalist...

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By Jedidiah Carlson, Brenna M. Henn, Dana R. Al-Hindi, and Sohini Ramachandran, Nature | 10.19.2022

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Nature has published a special issue on racism and science, which includes this article.

Earlier this year, we...

a newborn being laid down
By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech | 10.18.2022

Lorne and Jaclyn Rembach could have had kids without any medical intervention. They were in their early thirties and fertile...

a person with long brown hair wearing a white lab coat and gloves operates a genome sequencing machine
By Kevin Doxzen, World Economic Forum | 10.18.2022

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Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can and should play a leading role in dictating the future of the world’s...