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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...

White pencil writing a double strand of DNA on a blue background
By Karen Weintraub, Scientific American [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.13.2019

A group of 18 prominent scientists—including some who helped develop CRISPR–Cas9, the current leading tool for gene editing—issued a call...

Depiction of CRISPR--purple strand of DNA being cut from them middle of two orange strands
By Rob Stein , National Public Radio [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.13.2019

A group of prominent scientists and bioethicists is calling for a global moratorium on any new attempts to bring gene-edited...

By Eric Lander, Françoise Baylis, Feng Zhang, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Paul Berg et al., Nature | 03.13.2019

We call for a global moratorium on all clinical uses of human germline editing — that is, changing heritable DNA...

Ultrasound of child with down syndrome
By George J. Annas, Science | 03.10.2019

In 2011, poet and writer George Estreich wrote about the impact of biotechnology on family life in his first book, ...

Family tree with 7 generations
By Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.07.2019

Tracing genealogies has become immensely popular of late, and numerous companies offer to help you search through historical records or...

A gloved hand holds a large syringe that is partially filled with bone marrow
By Kate Sheridan, STAT | 03.04.2019

For the second time, doctors appear to have put HIV into “sustained remission” with a stem cell transplant — effectively...

eggs under microscope
By Amanda Mull, The Atlantic | 03.04.2019

One of the Instagram ads for Extend Fertility, a New York–based egg-freezing service for women, presents two images. First, there’s...

Two parents holding a baby
By Rich Gardella and Erika Edwards, NBC News | 03.04.2019

A Facebook post was what alerted Katelynn Gurbach to a massive tank malfunction at University Hospitals Fertility Center near Cleveland...