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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...

Pregnant woman with hands on her stomach
By Marta Rodriguez Martinez and Rachael Kennedy, Euro News | 02.20.2019

The Spanish embassy in Ukraine announced on Tuesday that the Spanish government had decided to begin rejecting registrations for babies...

Class of kindergartners and three teachers holding up paper turkeys
By Michael Standaert, MIT Technology Review | 02.19.2019

In Shenzhen, even kindergartners have homework. You can see it in the workbook-laden backpacks weighing them down as they waddle...

Pipet in a test tube
By Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times | 02.17.2019

A Minnesota man was eating a hot dog at a hockey game when, the authorities said, he wiped his mouth...

Ancestry DNA kit and test tube
By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider | 02.16.2019

The data you shared with a genetic testing startup like 23andMe is private — for now.

But maintaining that privacy...

Girl holding man's finger
By Jacqueline Mroz, The New York Times | 02.16.2019

Danielle Teuscher decided to give DNA tests as presents last Christmas to her father, close friends and 5-year-old daughter, joining...

Several strands of blue DNA on a dark blue background
By Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International | 02.13.2019

CRISPR is a recent technological breakthrough in simplifying gene editing,

It’s potential is enormous and at the same time it...

Two 23andMe at-home DNA testing kits
By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 02.11.2019

As many people purchased consumer DNA tests in 2018 as in all previous years combined, MIT Technology Review has found...

Three test tubes nect to gloved hand
By Allison Lewis, Daily News | 02.08.2019

If you think clandestine DNA dragnets and secret databases are things of science fiction, I have some upsetting news.

From...