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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...

Two surgeons perform a hysterectomy (Wikimedia)
By Genevieve Field, The New York Times Magazine | 03.22.2016
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Ricky gazed up toward the pine trees as his mother, Cindy Preslar, pushed him along the village road...

By Andre Picard, The Globe and Mail [Canada] | 03.22.2016
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"Gene patents no longer need to stand in the way of diagnosing life-threatening disease."

That’s how Alex Munter...

By Stephanie M. Lee, BuzzFeed | 03.22.2016
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With every new device and feature, Apple further builds out its ecosystem in ways meant to make sure...

By Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science | 03.21.2016
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When Chinese researchers reported using a technique called CRISPR/Cas9 to edit the genome of human embryos this past...

By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Boston Review | 03.21.2016
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In the fall of 2015, U.S. college students ignited in protest about campus and national racism. Chanting “I...

By Ann Griswold, Spectrum News | 03.21.2016
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A new test claims to assess a child’s risk of autism based on abnormal folds in the placenta...

The Kabuki-cho entertainment district of Tokyo, Japan.
By The Mainichi, The Mainichi | 03.19.2016

Seventy-four wealthy Chinese couples struggling with infertility have had children using surrogates in Japan introduced by a broker, it has...

By Keston Ott-Dahl, HuffPost | 03.18.2016
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When my partner Andrea became a surrogate for another lesbian couple we had no idea we would end...