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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...

Window poster for SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program)
By Audrey Farley, The Washington Post | 09.17.2019

In July, the Trump administration unveiled a plan to disqualify 3 million Americans from receiving food stamps. The proposal, which...

Human egg being penetrated by a needle
By Emily Mullin, One Zero | 09.16.2019

At least 10 babies have been born to apparently infertile women as a result of a controversial in vitro fertilization...

woman looking out of a window from behind
By Madeline Roache, Al Jazeera | 09.13.2019

Throughout Ukraine, advertisements about becoming a surrogate mother are plastered on buses and throughout the metro.

They ask: "Аre...

gold and blue state seal of California
By Lisa Ikemoto and Diane Tober, San Francisco Chronicle | 09.12.2019

For a list of organizations opposing AB922, including reproductive justice, women’s health, LGBTQ rights, and other public interest organizations, see this fact...

A gloved hand drops material to a vial labeled CRISPR
By Sharon Begley, STAT | 09.11.2019

An HIV-positive man in China is doing well after receiving infusions of donor cells whose genes were edited with CRISPR...

gloved hands handling lab equipment
By Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg Business Week | 09.11.2019

About three years ago, Orig3n Inc., a small genetic testing company in Boston, discovered a big problem with its DNA...

dozens of human sperm swimming
By Meghana Keshavan, STAT | 09.11.2019

For generations, it was a basic tenet of donating sperm: Clinics could forever protect their clients’ identities.

But, increasingly, donor...

embryos on a monitor next to a large microscope
By Rob Stein, NPR | 09.11.2019

Scientists have invented a device that can quickly produce large numbers of living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos...