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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...

Brown judge's gavel lying on a white background.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 09.11.2018

AFTER THREE BITTER years and tens of millions of dollars in legal fees, the epic battle over who owns one of...

DNA inside a syringe on a blue background.
By Liz Szabo, The New York Times | 09.11.2018

Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in “precision medicine” — in which doctors try...

Microscopic image of in vitro fertilization. Sperm egg infusion on blue background.
By Adam Eley, BBC | 09.10.2018

There is an urgent need to tackle a decline in male fertility and address the "absurd" reliance on giving female...

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By Monica Rodriguez, Fortune | 09.10.2018

Kylie Charles spent years carefully weighing the pros and cons of genetic testing until her curiosity got the better of...

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By Daniel Bojar, The Biologist [review of the book edited by CGS' Osagie K Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.06.2018

The dramatic pace of scientific discoveries in recent decades has not only led to remarkable improvements in domains such as...

By Erin Allday and Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.06.2018

It was an extraordinary political proposal: Approve a $3 billion bond measure to fund the cutting-edge science of stem cell...

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By Editorial Board, The Washington Post | 09.04.2018

THE SEARCH for the so-called Golden State Killer — who allegedly raped dozens of women and killed at least 12...

Book cover for Beyond Bioethics with twisted DNA strand on a yellow background.
By Jordan Liz, Metapsychology Online Reviews [Review of the book edited by CGS' Osagie K Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.04.2018

From the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, to the FDA's approval of BiDil as the first race-specific medication to...