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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 Rob Stein, NPR | 11.05.2015
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Biologist Ethan Bier runs a laboratory at the University of California, San Diego where fruit flies are used...

By Stephanie M. Lee, Buzzfeed | 11.05.2015
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In late October, genetic testing startup 23andMe did something unusual: It issued a transparency report that disclosed how...

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 11.05.2015
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A baby girl with aggressive leukaemia has become the first in the world to be treated with designer...

By Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic | 11.04.2015
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The terminology used to describe women who sell their eggs only makes things more complicated: The medical community...

By Dominic Basulto, The Washington Post | 11.04.2015
Untitled Document In just the past nine months, venture capitalists have plunked down more than $200 million in start-up companies developing an...
By Mairi Levitt, The Guardian | 11.03.2015
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The phrase “designer babies” has been bandied around for decades, but parents seeking to design a baby currently...

By Denis Campbell, The Guardian | 11.02.2015
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Fourteen babies have been born following the injection of very immature sperm cells into eggs – a technique...

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters | 10.30.2015
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Poland's ombudsman has challenged a new law on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as unconstitutional, saying it should not stop...