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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 BBC Newshour Extra, BBC Newshour Extra | 11.28.2015

Remarkable new techniques for ‘editing’ DNA – chemically cutting and splicing sections of genetic code – are revolutionising research in...

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 11.28.2015
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The question could hardly be more profound. Having stumbled upon a simple means to make precise changes to...

By Wendy Kramer, Huffington Post | 11.25.2015
I can't help but wonder when the sperm banks and egg clinics will start acknowledging that there is no such...
By Eliza Barclay, NPR | 11.25.2015

If egg freezing once sounded like science fiction, those days are over. Women now hear about it from their friends...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 11.25.2015
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Throughout history, atrocities have been committed in the name of medical research.

Nazi doctors experimented on concentration camp...

By David Wagner, KPBS | 11.24.2015
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A select group of blood donors at this year's Chargers Blood Drive gave one extra tube of blood...

By Yasmin Tayag, Inverse | 11.23.2015
When Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca premiered in 1997, the chances that society could adopt a genome-driven New World Order were still...
By Robert Pear, The New York Times | 11.23.2015
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WASHINGTON — Inaccurate and unreliable medical tests are prompting abortions, promoting unnecessary surgeries, putting tens of thousands of...