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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...

eggs in Petri dish
By Nahlah Ayed, CBC Listen | 10.22.2025

Egg freezing is one of today’s fastest-growing reproductive technologies. It's seen as a kind of 'fertility insurance' for the future...

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By Ben Foldy, The Wall Street Journal | 10.21.2025

AnnaMaria Gallozzi and her husband wanted to have a second child last year. Because Gallozzi has advanced breast cancer, the...

The world's leading transhumanists aren't the voices you need to listen to about "AI safety."
By Émile P. Torres, Truthdig | 10.17.2025

The Internet philosopher Eliezer Yudkowsky has been predicting the end of the world for decades. In 1996, he confidently declared...

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By Pam Belluck, The New York Times | 10.17.2025

Before dawn on a March morning, Doug Whitney walked into a medical center 2,000 miles from home, about to transform...

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By Jallicia A. Jolly, Sydney Curtis and Nicole Sessions, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2025

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

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By Julia Black, MIT Technology Review | 10.16.2025

Consider, if you will, the translucent blob in the eye of a microscope: a human blastocyst, the biological specimen that emerges...

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By Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News | 10.15.2025

Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also...