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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...

Jennifer Doudna
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 04.26.2022

The day I spoke to Jennifer Doudna was a tough day: the US Patent Office had just ruled against her...

Harvard locked gates
By Collin Binkley, The Columbian | 04.26.2022

BOSTON — Harvard University is vowing to spend $100 million to research and atone for its extensive ties with slavery...

test tubes holding sperm samples in a sperm bank
By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 04.25.2022

After years of public criticism, the Food and Drug Administration in 2020 relaxed its rules regarding blood donation by men...

By Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed | 04.25.2022

Emory University is removing the names of two men with ties to eugenics and slavery, dropping them from a research...

colorized sperm on a black background
By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter, The Hill | 04.23.2022

Colorado Senate president Steve Fenberg has just introduced groundbreaking legislation on the rights of donor conception. Although focused on Colorado...

By Walter G. Johnson and Diana M. Bowman, STAT News | 04.22.2022

Australia has become the second country in the world to explicitly authorize and regulate mitochondrial replacement therapies, offering hope to...

By Joseph Goldstein, The New York Times | 04.22.2022

Last month, a federal judge in New Jersey considered the plea of a man who claimed his kidney problems made...

By Donor Conceived Council, DCC USA | 04.22.2022

In March, 2022, U.S. Donor Conceived Council (DCC) surveyed sperm bank websites across the United States to analyze their publicly...