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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...

Sign saying, "Arizona: The Grand Canyon Stat Welcomes You"
By Nita Farahany, wbur | 04.17.2018

Arizona has become the first state in the country to pass a law that would allow frozen embryos to be...

An old type writer with the word "Legislatio" typed out on the first line.
By Samantha Young, The Mercury News | 04.17.2018

Rosie Zaballos liked to host playtime tea parties and was sweet to everyone she met. But her older brother worried...

Black, purple, and blue galaxy in the back with a mirrored image of a young girl looking at each other.
By Claudia Geib, Futurism [cites CGS] | 04.16.2018

If sci-fi writers of the past somehow visited us today, they might wonder: where are all the clones?

As recently...

Brown mouse
By Ashley Yeager, The Scientist | 04.16.2018

Mouse brains make nice homes for human brain organoids, researchers report today (April 16) in Nature Biotechnology.

Brain organoids...

Black and white ultrasound image with a small fetus in the middle
By Chris Kaposy, New York Times | 04.16.2018

My wife’s ultrasound turned up something abnormal in the baby’s heart — an otherwise innocuous feature that correlates with genetic...

5 Individuals are sitting around a white coach work space all engaging in conversation.
By Natasha Singer, New York Times | 04.15.2018

Levi Strauss & Company introduced a novel benefit for employees at its San Francisco headquarters last fall: free genetic screening...

IVF
By Alex Matthews-King, The Independent | 04.13.2018

People hoping to be parents in the UK are being sold “false hope” by foreign IVF clinics claiming success rates...

Chinese newborn baby in hospital
By Christina Zhao, Newsweek | 04.12.2018

A Chinese baby was born by a surrogate mother four years after his parents were killed in a car accident.

Parents...