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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 Sara Reardon, Nature News | 02.19.2016
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In July 2015, the major antibody provider Santa Cruz Biotechnology owned 2,471 rabbits and 3,202 goats. Now the...

By Alex Lash, Xconomy | 02.18.2016
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San Franisco — If you ask people who don’t follow biotech too closely what they know about CRISPR...

By Leena Rao, Fortune | 02.18.2016
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Piraye Yurttas Beim had a shocking request for the makeup artist at the Yves St. Laurent counter at...

By Katie O'Reilly, The Atlantic | 02.18.2016
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When a woman agrees to become a gestational surrogate—meaning she’ll gestate an IVF-created embryo as it grows into...

By Christina Farr, Fast Company | 02.17.2016
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Jennifer Marie* should be an ideal candidate for life insurance: She’s 36, gainfully employed, and has no current...

By Carol Goar, The Star [Toronto] | 02.17.2016
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Former Toronto police chief Bill Blair hailed DNA collection as “a revolutionary crime-fighting tool.”

With a blood...

By Quil Lawrence, NPR | 02.17.2016
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Midway through Matt Keil's second deployment in Iraq, he came home and married his fiancee, Tracy, in 2007...

By Clare Fogarty, The McGill Tribune | 02.16.2016
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On Feb. 6, the McGill Journal of Law and Health held its eighth Annual Colloquium, with this year...