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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...

A train sits stopped in a Beijing train station.
By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 11.29.2018

BEIJING — China said on Thursday that it had suspended the work of a scientist who claims to have created...

Scientist in dark room bent over looking at a petri dish
By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff and Krishanu Saha, The Washington Post | 11.29.2018

This is the experiment that was not supposed to happen.

A Chinese scientist claimed this week that he had produced...

Blue double helix DNA on black background
By Rob Stein, National Public Radio [cites CGS] | 11.29.2018

A Chinese scientist's claims that he created the world's first gene-edited babies is a "deeply disturbing" and "irresponsible" violation of...

Process of IVF--blue egg being injected on blue background
By Dennis Normile, Science [cites CGS] | 11.29.2018

HONG KONG, CHINA—An international conference on human gene editing dominated by news of the birth of the world's first...

A close up shot of a lab microscope with one of three focal heads pointed at a piece of glass and sample below.
By Marilynn Marchione, AP News | 11.28.2018

HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies says...

A wideshot of the inside of a surgery staging area, with the various clinical stations set up, but no persons visible.
By Anna Louie Sussman, The Guardian | 11.28.2018

In 2016, after seven years trying to conceive, New York state assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte was pregnant with twins...

Newborn baby lying on white towel
By Michael Krasny, KQED [features CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.28.2018

A scientist in China announced this week that he had created the world's first genetically-edited human babies. In an announcement...

Gloved hands putting pipet into test tubes
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 11.27.2018

We said “don’t freak out,” when scientists first used Crispr to edit DNA in non-viable human embryos. When...