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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 small, spotted pig is in a bucket. The background features a secondary pig.
By John H. Evans, Oxford University Press Blog | 10.01.2016

The US government recently announced that it was lifting its moratorium on funding certain experiments that use human stem cells...

Doctor extracts blood from a patient.
By Viv Groskop, The Guardian | 10.01.2016

A new prenatal test could eradicate Down’s syndrome. Actress Sally Phillips, who has a child with the condition, explains why

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By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 09.30.2016

From designer babies to engineered mosquitoes, advances in genome-editing technologies such as CRISPR–Cas9 have raised the possibility of tremendous scientific...

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By Merrit Kennedy, NPR | 09.30.2016

For the first time in almost 25 years, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will pay for In Vitro Fertilization...

Black book titled "Eugenics"
By Marina Fang & JM Rieger, The Huffington Post | 09.28.2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has offered a litany of racist comments, which it turns out may be rooted in...

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By Maggie Fox, NBC News [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.28.2016

A healthy baby boy has been born after he was conceived using a "three-parent" technique to manipulate his DNA, doctors...

A mastiff dog poses lying down on its stomach,with reading glasses on its face, and a book at its side.
By Kristen V. Brown, Fusion | 09.28.2016

It was after a home invasion almost a decade ago that David Ishee first got interested in breeding dogs. A...

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By Selena Larson, CNNMoney | 09.28.2016

Picking a sperm donor is now like picking a partner for people in the UK.

The London Sperm Bank's new...