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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 Traci Bowden, ABC News Australia | 08.21.2019

Two couples who had children through surrogates in Ukraine are warning prospective parents to do their research thoroughly before choosing...

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By Jacqueline Mroz, The New York Times | 08.21.2019

Growing up in Nacogdoches, Tex., Eve Wiley learned at age 16 that she had been conceived through artificial insemination with...

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By Luke Darby, The Guardian | 08.19.2019

According to his indictment, over the course of many years Jeffrey Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls...

Drawing of DaVinci's "Man" (Vitruvie Luc Viatour)
By Stuart Newman, CounterPunch | 08.16.2019

Fabricating part-human-part-nonhuman animals, with features of both, seemed like something out of Greek mythology until the late 20th century...

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By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 08.16.2019

Seizing on the surging popularity of at-home DNA testing kits, top academic medical institutions are opening clinics that promise to...

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By Robert Klitzman, CNN | 08.16.2019

Many surprises come with having a baby, including learning your child's sex and discovering all the traits they inherited as...

By Ana B. Ibarra, California Healthline [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.15.2019

Californians voted in 2004 to shell out billions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund cutting-edge stem cell treatments.

Proposition...

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By Pete Shanks, The Progressive | 08.14.2019

In mid-July, a bipartisan trio of U.S. Senators—Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California and Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican...