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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 Elizabeth Yuko, The Atlantic | 01.08.2016
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Assisted reproductive technologies, or ART, are more common in the U.S. than they’ve ever been: The Centers for...

By Angela Natividad, Adweek | 01.08.2016

People will do anything to protect a legacy. And Belgium is taking that to the next level.

The...

By Kate Tuttle, Salon | 01.07.2016
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Buck v. Bell”

“I don’t want to be...

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Zocalo Public Square | 01.06.2016
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Not too long ago, more than 60,000 people were sterilized in the United States based on eugenic laws...

By Jerry Bowyer, Forbes | 01.06.2016
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Like me, you’ve probably noticed that people tend to think of math as morally neutral. There’s the world...

By Brandy Zadrozny, The Daily Beast | 01.06.2016
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Backed by a well-known anti-choice lawyer, a surrogate mother-to-be in California is suing the genetic father (and intended...

By Andy Coghlan, New Scientist | 01.06.2016
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KEEP them close. Women having IVF can now incubate embryos in their own bodies before they are implanted...

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 01.06.2016
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Formidable capacity in genome sequencing, access to millions of patients and the promise of solid governmental support: those...