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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 Geha Nath Khanal, Kathmandu Post | 10.13.2015
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Abortion services were legalised in Nepal in September 2002 after much research, advocacy and lobbying at the local...

By Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 10.13.2015
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They are meeting in China; they are meeting in the United Kingdom; and they met in the United...

By Anna Salleh, ABC Science | 10.13.2015
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The very real possibility of creating embryos from stem cells raises ethical issues that need to be debated...

By Arielle Duhaime-Ross, The Verge | 10.12.2015
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Ancestry.com, a company that's all about the past, wants to tell you about your medical future. The amateur...

By James Gallagher, BBC | 10.12.2015
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The first clinical trial injecting foetal stem cells into babies still in the womb has been announced.

It...

By Eleanor Robertson, The Guardian | 10.12.2015
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Hold onto your ovaries folks, womb transplants are here. Ten UK women have been approved for the...

By Rebecca Dimond, BioNews | 10.12.2015
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Genomic medicine has advanced rapidly in recent...

By Vanessa Gruben, Ottawa Citizen | 10.11.2015
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After a week of uncertainty and some confusion, the Ontario Ministry of Health finally announced its policy on...