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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...

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By Jason Liebowitz, The New Yorker | 03.06.2026

When Talaya Reid was in high school, in a quiet suburb of Philadelphia, she developed fatigue so severe that she...

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By Antonia O'Flaherty, ABC News Australia | 03.04.2026

Fertility giant Monash IVF has agreed to pay financial settlements to families involved in two major bungles that saw two...

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By Rowan Walrath and Laurel Oldach, Chemical & Engineering News | 03.04.2026

Washington, DC—At a press conference held at the US Department of Health and Human Services headquarters on Feb. 23...

Synthetic embryos
By Paul Knoepfler, Stat | 03.03.2026

Researchers are racing to engineer highly realistic human embryo models using stem cells in the lab. Some of the newest...

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By Dr. Marcin Śmietana, Progress Educational Trust (PET) | 03.02.2026

When a family created through surrogacy abroad returns to their home country after the birth of the child, the genetic...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr
By Editors, The Lancet | 02.28.2026

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In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of...

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By Tania Fabo, Truthout | 02.28.2026

The reproductive tech company Orchid recently launched a genetic test that promises a whole genome sequencing report for embryos. It...

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By Michael Levenson, The New York Times | 02.27.2026

The pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a settlement with the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were...