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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 under a microscope
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 09.23.2022

Claire Evans decided to freeze her eggs six years ago, when she was 36. She had just broken up with...

embryo
By Ellen Trachman, Above The Law | 09.21.2022

On August 22, 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed AB-2495, which codifies certain embryo donation protocols into state...

a person in a lab coat handles a specimen
By Max Kozlov, Nature | 09.21.2022

“She has her mother’s eyes,” begins the advertisement, “but will she also inherit her breast cancer diagnosis?” The smooth voice...

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By Staff, Gen-ethisches Netzwerk e.V. | 09.12.2022

Statement on the objectives and use of genetic data in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) of DIW Berlin (German Institute for...

a person wearing a lab coat and blue gloves lowers a tube of gametes into a tank to be frozen
By Anna Louie Sussman, MIT Technology Review | 09.12.2022

USDA Gene Bank

Like me, my eggs were flying economy class. We—my dog Stewie and I—were in seat 8D, while...

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By Staff, BBC | 09.12.2022

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People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) are being sought to participate in the world's largest genetic study of...

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By Olive Heffernan, Scientific American | 09.12.2022

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After nearly two weeks of recent United Nations negotiations in New York City, countries from around...