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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 Julia Métraux, Mother Jones | 02.10.2026

Why was Jeffrey Epstein obsessed with genes? In the latest tranche of Epstein records and emails made available by the Department...

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By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 02.10.2026

Touchy issues involving accusations that California’s $12 billion gene and stem cell research agency is pushing aside “good science” in...

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By Emese Ilyés, Common Dreams | 02.10.2026

When Bad Bunny took the Super Bowl halftime stage, he performed one of the most beautiful examples of refusal I...

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By Jonathan D. Moreno, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 02.09.2026

When I began to write a book about bioethics and the rules-based international order, the idea that the world was...

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By Teddy Rosenbluth, The New York Times | 02.09.2026

Dr. Mehmet Oz has urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles, one of the strongest endorsements of the vaccine yet...

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By Ava Kofman, The New Yorker | 02.09.2026

1. The Surrogates

In the delicate jargon of the fertility industry, a woman who carries a child for someone else...

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By Alex Polyakov, The Conversation | 02.09.2026

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, smartest...

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By Daniel Martinez HoSang, Marco Antonio Ramos, and Alana Slavin, Los Angeles Review of Books | 02.08.2026

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