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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 Oliver Holmes, The Guardian [US] | 04.26.2016
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A same-sex couple have won a legal battle in Thailand against the surrogate mother who gave birth to...

By Sarah Zhang, WIRED | 04.25.2016
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In a world with porous borders and wildly divergent surrogacy laws, making a baby can be a global...

By Joseph Stramondo, International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog | 04.25.2016
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According to a recent article in the popular press, a California based biotech firm, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, has...

Elizabeth Parrish, CEO, BioViva USA Inc.
By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 04.25.2016
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Last year, Elizabeth Parrish, the CEO of Seattle-based biotech firm BioViva, hopped a plane to Colombia, where she...

By Jonathan Latham, Independent Science News | 04.25.2016
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For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public...

By Robin McKie, The Guardian | 04.23.2016
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American regulators have allowed the cultivation and sale of two crops modified with the gene-editing technique known as...

By Ashley Dawson, Jacobin | 04.22.2016
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Puerto Rico’s first Zika case was confirmed in December, and the island’s governor declared a public health emergency...

By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 04.22.2016
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One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has launched a massive effort to compile genome sequences and health...