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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...

Image is of a well-lit, sterile medical operating room.
By Katherine Drabiak, Washington Post | 06.25.2018

The Food and Drug Administration not long ago announced its authorization that permits genetics testing company 23andMe to market a...

Illustration of a map of U.S.-Mexico border along the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
By Megan Molteni, Wired | 06.22.2018

In the unfolding family separation crisis at the US-Mexico border, one thing has become increasingly clear; the federal government lacks...

An image of an ICE officer facing away from the camera. The uniform okn the officer's back reads "POLICE / ICE."
By Tonya Riley, Mother Jones [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.22.2018

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced an end to administration’s policy of separating families at the border. But the...

Photograph of the Mexican-U.S. border at Nopales showing fence and cities on either side.
By Russell Brandom and Rachel Becker, The Verge | 06.22.2018

More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the US border as a result of the White...

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By Kurt Pitzer, People [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.21.2018

A Ukrainian doctor is creating genetically modified “three-parent” babies in an effort to give infertile women a chance to bear...

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By Megan Thielking, Stat News | 06.21.2018

Pressure is growing on direct-to-consumer genealogy and genetic testing companies to be more transparent about their privacy policies, after the...

Image of a woodland mosquito resting on a leaf.
By Rowan Jacobson, Pacific Standard | 06.20.2018

In a windowless London basement, behind three sets of locked steel doors and a wall of glass, thousands of Anopheles...

Illustration of a neanderthal skull.
By Jon Cohen, Science | 06.20.2018

Until now, researchers wanting to understand the Neanderthal brain and how it differed from our own had to study a...