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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...

University College, London
By University College London , UCL News | 06.19.2020

The decision was made by UCL’s President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur and ratified by Council - the university’s governing...

By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 06.17.2020

The police in China are collecting blood samples from men and boys from across the country to build a genetic...

A mosquito on skin
By Rachel Franzin, The Hill | 06.15.2020

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing a lawsuit over its approval of a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes...

By Oksana Grytsenko, The Guardian | 06.15.2020

Some are crying in their cots; others are being cradled or bottle-fed by nannies. These newborns are not in the...

By Wendy Guzman, The State News | 06.15.2020

The Michigan State University Graduate Employees Union and its coalition partners in the STEM community are calling for MSU to...

By Emily Mullin, OneZero | 06.15.2020

A team of scientists has used the gene-editing technique CRISPR to create genetically modified human embryos in a London lab...

Ronald Fisher as a steward at the First International Eugenics Conference, 1912
By C. Brandon Ogbunu, Scientific American | 06.12.2020

Ronald Fisher as a steward at the First International Eugenics Conference, 1912 (via wikipedia)

Amidst protests and conversations on racism following...

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By Robert Resta, The DNA Exchange | 06.12.2020

We may be in the midst of a critical historical turning point in social justice. The confluence of the Black...