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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...

By Cormac Sheridan, Nature | 07.15.2021

A recent study has identified another potential hazard for developers of genome editing therapies based on CRISPR–Cas9. The double-strand DNA...

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By Ted W. Love, STAT | 07.15.2021

Covid-19 laid bare the long-standing vulnerability of minority and low-income communities in U.S. society and its health system even as...

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By Megan Molteni, STAT | 07.15.2021

The tiny clump of mouse cells didn’t look like an ovary. For one thing, it was much smaller, microscopic. And...

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By Peter Mills, Nuffield Council on Bioethics | 07.14.2021

In 2019, the World Health Organization convened an Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of...

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By s.e. smith, The Nation | 07.14.2021

Imagining better worlds can help us improve our own, but literary and cinematic utopias often exclude those who don’t fit...

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By Pam Belluck, New York Times | 07.14.2021

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In a striking reflection of concern...

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By Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe | 07.13.2021

At least half-a-dozen private health insurers in some of the nation’s largest states are balking at covering Biogen’s controversial drug...

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By Carl Elliott, Hastings Center Report | 07.13.2021

Abstract

Activism is rare among clinical ethicists because the position of ethics consultant is constructed in a way that makes...