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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 Trudy Ring, The Advocate | 01.22.2016
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As Italy’s Parliament prepares to debate a civil unions bill, some lawmakers have proposed an amendment punishing couples...

By Sarah Sloat, Inverse | 01.21.2016
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At a 2001 talk in Berlin, transhumanist and Oxford academic Anders Sandberg addressed the crowd. “I am hoping...

By Sonali Kolkhatkar, TruthDig | 01.21.2016
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A new documentary airing soon on PBS covers a grisly era of California history—the forced sterilization of untold...

By Christine Aicardi, Maria Damjanovicova, Lorenzo Del Savio, Federica Lucivero, Maru Mormina, Maartje Niezen & Barbara Prainsack, The Hastings Center Report | 01.20.2016
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Editor’s note: This essay responds to an invitation (issued here and here) to submit commentaries on the...

By S.P. Sullivan, NJ | 01.20.2016
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TRENTON — People convicted of many disorderly persons offenses in New Jersey will have their DNA added to...

By Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times | 01.20.2016
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For decades, the bronzes created by the artist Malvina Hoffman for the Field Museum’s “Races of Mankind” exhibit...

By Gabriela Gorbea, VICE News | 01.19.2016
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Geoff Moss thought he had found — in Mexico — the "ideal location" for his agency that offers childless...

By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph [UK] | 01.19.2016
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The end of the ‘test tube baby’ could be in sight after British doctors launched a new form...