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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...

The letters D-N-A spelled out in red and blue double helices.
By Timothy Caulfield, Policy Options | 03.23.2018

After what feels like a decade of hype and underwhelming sales, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing seems to be taking off...

A small, pink ceramic piggy bank is nestled in the middle of a woven basket full of golden eggs.
By Lindsey J. Smith, San Francisco Magazine [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.23.2018

After spending her 20s as an aid worker in Africa and India, Helena moved to the Bay Area in 2012...

Black and white postcard ca. 1910 showing the Sonoma State Home (Hospital).
By Nicole L. Novak and Natalie Lira, The Conversation | 03.22.2018

In 1942, 18-year-old Iris Lopez, a Mexican-American woman, started working at the Calship Yards in Los Angeles. Working on the...

Picture of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
By Samantha Pearson, The Wall Street Journal | 03.22.2018

SÃO PAULO—With “jewel-tone eyes,” blond hair and a “smattering of light freckles,” Othello looks nothing like most Brazilians, the majority...

Two babies wearing hats
By Sumathi Reddy, The Wall Street Jounral | 03.21.2018

It was her last chance.

MaryJo Dunn had been trying to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization for 20 months.

At...

Silhouettes of 4 people sitting in chairs. Word bubbles suggest that they are exchanging ideas.
By Simon Burall, Nature | 03.21.2018

Over the past three years, thousands of articles have been published about editing genes and genomes. Apart from a public...

A line drawing of a globe with a face. One eye is looking out a spyglass.
By Sheila Jasanoff and J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Nature | 03.21.2018

In August 2017, scientists reported that they had used the gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 to correct a mutation in viable human...

University Hospitals building in Cleveland, Ohio
By Ginger Christ, The Plain Dealer [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.21.2018

CLEVELAND, Ohio - After two recent failures of cryotanks storing eggs and embryos, a number of agencies and organizations are...