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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 Carl Elliott, Hastings Center Report | 01.01.2016
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Several years ago, the University of Minnesota hosted a lecture by Alan Milstein, a Philadelphia attorney specializing in...

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science/AAAS | 12.31.2015
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The red-hot genome editing tool known as CRISPR has scored another achievement: Researchers have used it to treat...

By Ari Ne'eman, The Guardian | 12.30.2015
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Britain’s largest sperm bank has a policy of turning away autistic donors and those diagnosed with other neurological...

By Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News Service | 12.30.2015

Untitled DocumentA San Diego-based medical diagnostics laboratory paid over $4 million to settle claims it gave kickbacks to physicians...

By Erin McKelle Fischer, Bustle | 12.30.2015
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For couples struggling with fertility, in vitro fertilization, or IVF, has become an increasingly popular choice to facilitate...

By Brooke Borel, The Guardian | 12.30.2015
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By Liu Jiaying (trans. Li Rongde), Caixin Online [China] | 12.29.2015
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The government will continue cracking down on surrogacy even though lawmakers recently decided not to pursue a legal...

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, ABC News | 12.28.2015
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When the state deemed Leighton Pang Kee ineligible for one of the most valuable benefits available to Native...