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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...

A translucent globe is surrounded by multiple lines between continents.
By James Gallagher, BBC [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.12.2016

The race to make babies from three people is a major worry, duping couples and a dangerous experiment on mums...

graphic of a double helix
By Ruha Benjamin, e-flux Architecture | 10.12.2016

Field Note Excerpt I: By Invitation Only

Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts, USA), May 10, 2016.

Anticipation was in the...

Microscopic sickle cells
By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 10.12.2016

A mutation in a single DNA letter causes a painful and debilitating disease known as sickle-cell anaemia. Researchers have wrestled...

Vitruvian drawing sketch.
By Jason Dorrier, Singularity Hub | 10.10.2016

A “top secret" meeting of scientists was held at the Langone Medical Center on Halloween 2015. Their aim? To kickstart...

Microscopic image of an egg injected with sperm via in vitro fertilization method.
By Jane E. Brody, The New York Times | 10.10.2016

This summer Louise Brown, the world’s first “test tube” baby, celebrated her 38th birthday as a mother of two naturally...

Black and white image of a human face, covered with aluminum foil. Light reflects off the foil.
By Elspeth Reeve, VICE News | 10.09.2016

Andrew remembers feeling a “tinge of apprehension” when he logged on to 23andMe. Several weeks earlier, he’d spit into a...

A surgeon's hands hold sterilized tools under a light.
By Richard Craver, Winston-Salem Journal | 10.07.2016

President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a Senate bill that protects sterilization victims receiving compensation payments from cutbacks in...

A surgeon holding instruments is surrounded by a team. A light beams on patient undergoing surgery.
By Rachael Rettner, Live Science | 10.05.2016

Out of four uterus transplants that were recently performed at a U.S. hospital, three were not successful, doctors announced today. What...