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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...

Red blood cells - 3 regular circular red blood cells and one crescent shaped sickle cell red blood cell.
By Mark Shwartz, Stanford Medicine | 02.28.2018

Once a month, David Sanchez, 15, comes to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford for an infusion of donor red blood...

Two light tan dogs playing in the grass.
By Matt Stevens, New York Times | 02.28.2018

It was basically an aside — an odd and interesting nugget in an interview with Barbra Streisand that otherwise dealt...

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By Kadija Ferryman and Mikaela Pitcan, Data & Society | 02.26.2018

Fairness in Precision Medicine is the first report to deeply examine the potential forbiased and discriminatory outcomes in...

A little girl holds adults hands as they balance walking.
By Suzanne Moore, The Guardian | 02.22.2018

Sometimes it seems there are so many ways to destroy women that the methods become invisible to us. There are...

Several video surveillance cameras are lined up in different angles on a wall
By Nithin Coca, Engadget | 02.22.2018

In July 2009, deadly riots broke out in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, China. Nearly 200 people died, the...

Pregnant Chinese woman lying down
By The Straits Times, The Straits Times | 02.22.2018

MELBOURNE (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Prospective Chinese mothers are increasingly travelling abroad for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and egg-freezing treatments...

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By Mark Brown, The Guardian | 02.21.2018

IVF treatment in the UK has become a money-making racket, according to a writer who found her own personal experience...

Baby
By Sarah Kowalski , Harper's Bazaar | 02.21.2018

"Where did your son get those beautiful, inky-black eyes?" asked my new friend Janet, a mom from my son's preschool...