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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 Editorial Board, Nature | 12.08.2015
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom...

By Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 12.08.2015
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It was great scientific research that first noted and then carefully followed the steady and dangerous increase of...

By Jessica Cussins, Kennedy School Review | 12.07.2015

Now that we have the power to permanently alter humanity, should we?

This was the question at the heart of...

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 12.05.2015
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At the heart of the debate over the use of CRISPR technology for gene-editing is the human embryo...

By Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera America | 12.04.2015

An international group of scientists and ethicists said this week that it would be “irresponsible” to use a powerful tool...

By Marcy Darnovsky, The Guardian | 12.04.2015

An international summit on human gene editing drew hundreds of people to Washington DC for three days this week, with...

By Charis Thompson, Impact Ethics | 12.04.2015
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An International Summit on Human Gene Editing, co-hosted by the US National Academy of Sciences and National...

By Fergus Walsh, BBC | 12.03.2015

An international meeting of leading scientists has said it would be "irresponsible" to allow the creation of genetically altered humans...