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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...

DNA body strand with blue background
By David Lazarus , Los Angeles Times | 07.02.2019

Home DNA testing can be fun. I’ve done it for myself and for my dog. One of us unexpectedly turned...

HIV infected T cell
By Alice Park , Time | 07.02.2019

There’s no question that powerful anti-HIV medications can do a fairly good job of keeping the virus under control. Used...

Photograph of a newly formed embryo
By Rob Stein, National Public Radio | 07.01.2019

Scientists have created living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos, the most advanced example of these structures yet created...

Sculpture of woman fertility
By Danielle Braff, Chicago Tribune | 06.29.2019

Tiffany Harper, a 36-year-old attorney in Chicago, suffered in silence for five years.

Expecting to get pregnant as soon as...

Pipette inserted into an embryo
By Tina Stevens and Stuart Newman, The Berkeley Daily Planet | 06.28.2019

A twin birth in China last October raised ominous questions. The baby girls had been genetically edited as embryos, with...

newborn baby feet with hospital bracelet
By Christina Caron, New York Times Parenting | 06.26.2019

A New York bill to legalize paid surrogacy was the subject of intense debate this year. For supporters, it was...

Quoted text: "I guess we all speak up so frequently on this issue that we’re just waiting for the right thing to happen.”   – Victor Dzau, president of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine
By Rick Berke, STAT | 06.24.2019

Two influential leaders in science for the first time publicly condemned a Russian biologist who said he plans to produce...

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By Rob Stein, National Public Radio | 06.21.2019

A Russian scientist says he wants to create more genetically modified babies, flouting international objections that such a step would...