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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...

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian | 08.12.2016
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There is something like gold flowing through the veins of 100-year-old Maria Tegas, and everyone wants a piece...

By Xavier Symons, BioEdge | 08.11.2016
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Australian bioethicist Rob Sparrow has written extensively on topics ranging from political philosophy and minority rights to the...

By Ian Johnston, The Independent | 08.11.2016
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When scientists announced in 2003 they had used a pioneering technique for the first time to create so-called...

By Lizzie Crocker & Abby Haglage, The Daily Beast | 08.10.2016
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In a November episode of The Mindy Project, a pajama-clad Dr. Lahiri told an auditorium of bright-eyed...

By Whet Moser, Chicago Magazine | 08.09.2016
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In June, 4.1 petabytes of cancer data went online on a new platform, run by the University of...

By Abby Goodnough, The New York Times | 08.09.2016
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Roslyn Lewis was at work at a dollar store here, pushing a heavy cart of...

By Damian Garde, STAT | 08.08.2016
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A biotech company called Seres Therapeutics got some bad news late last month: Its all-important infectious disease drug ...

Amid the cultural genocide of indigenous peoples, immigration, sterilization, and other eugenic policies attempted to socially engineer Australia's gene pool.
By Natasha Miller, ABC [Australia] | 08.08.2016
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From enforced sterilisation to the fledgling foundations of education in Australia, eugenics left a dark stain on the...