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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...

Vaccination
By Filippa Lentzos, Guy Reeves, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | 09.18.2020

Once a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for public use, officials around the world will face the monumental challenge of vaccinating...

Human egg with cells in the form of a question mark
By Nicole Curato and Simon Niemeyer, The Conversation | 09.17.2020

Developments in gene editing are often met with moral panic. Every new announcement raises outrage over the audacity of scientists...

By Joyce E. Cutler and Tiffany Stecker, Bloomberg Government | 09.17.2020

California voters will be asked this November to spend big on stem cell research, an expensive proposition that could help...

By Francis Collins, NIH Director’s Blog | 09.17.2020

We stand at a critical juncture in the history of science. CRISPR and other innovative genome editing systems have given...

ICE officer
By Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic | 09.17.2020

Earlier this week, multiple human rights organizations filed a complaint on behalf of women detained at an Immigration and Customs...

Child vaccine
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 09.16.2020

In the 1950s, Albert Sabin was searching for an improved polio vaccine. To that end, his lab infected the brains...

Eugenics tree
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN | 09.16.2020

Natalia Molina was shocked when she heard a whistleblower's allegations about hysterectomies in ICE custody. But also, she wasn't...

Stem cells
By David Jensen, Capitol Weekly | 09.15.2020

Over the last 15 years, California’s stem cell agency has spent $2.7 billion on research ranging from arthritis and blindness...