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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 Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 06.20.2016

The first proposed test of CRISPR gene-editing technology in human beings is being funded by Internet billionaire Sean Parker, MIT...

By Sandra G. Boodman, The Washington Post | 06.20.2016

Maggie Eastman considers it the worst decision she ever made.

In 2003, beset by $30,000 in tuition debt and imbued...

By Meghana Keshavan, STAT News | 06.20.2016

A semen centrifuge is the newest direct-to-consumer fertility device on the market. The Trak, a desktop gadget that measures a man’s sperm count...

By Mark Joseph Stern, Slate | 06.20.2016

The Supreme Court issued an extraordinarily disappointing 5–3 decision on Monday in Utah v. Strieff, a Fourth Amendment case...

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By Associated Press [Urayasu, Japan], The Guardian | 06.20.2016

A Tokyo suburb will help women cover the cost of freezing their eggs in a pilot programme that aims to...

By James D. Miller, Business Insider | 06.19.2016

Once we understand the genetic architecture of human intelligence, couples will use existing fertility technologies to increase their offsprings' average...

By Melody Petersen, The Los Angeles Times | 06.19.2016

The ads for the new blood test, dubbed “the cancer stethoscope,” were designed to grab attention from even the healthiest...

By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed News | 06.18.2016

Sometime next year, you may hear about a new way to save money on your health insurance. To get the...