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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...

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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Abigail Brooks, NBC News | 04.02.2025

A team that tracked how well in vitro fertilization worked across the U.S. was abruptly cut Tuesday as part of...

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By Anna Louie Sussman, The New York Times | 04.01.2025

When Noor Siddiqui was growing up, her mother developed retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that leads to gradual vision loss. When...

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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 03.30.2025

23andMe, a standard-bearer for the at-home health movement, announced on March 23 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

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By Megan Molteni, Stat | 03.28.2025

WASHINGTON — Keith Joung knows better than a lot of people what, exactly, it might require to prove to regulators...

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By Kevin Davies, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 03.27.2025

Around 2018–19, there was not a bigger science and ethical story than the debate over heritable human genome editing (HHGE)...

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By Sara Nović, The Guardian | 03.27.2025

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Twelve days before Donald Trump took...

He Jiankui
By Liyan Qi and Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal | 03.26.2025

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Chinese scientist He Jiankui set off global outrage and landed in prison after...

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By Anumita Kaur [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson], The Washington Post | 03.25.2025

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA...