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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 Heidi Ledford, Nature News | 08.26.2015
Untitled Document A complete lack of formal scientific training has not kept Johan Sosa from dabbling with one of the...
By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 08.26.2015
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Chinese stem-cell scientists have welcomed long-awaited measures that, state media claim, will rein in rogue use of stem...

By Levi Pulkkinen, SeattlePI | 08.26.2015
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In a unanimous decision, a Washington appeals court has upheld a $50 million verdict in favor of a...

By Bonnie Steinbock, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 08.26.2015
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The Ohio legislature is expected to approve a bill this fall that would make it illegal for doctors...

By Stephen Corry, Truthout | 08.25.2015
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Iconoclasm - questioning heroes and ideals, and even tearing them down - can be the most difficult thing...

By Mic Wright, The Next Web | 08.25.2015
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Blah blah don’t be evil blah blah blah. At some point, Google’s unofficial motto became like the message printed...

By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Boston Review | 08.24.2015
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In the opening to We Have Never Been Modern (1993) sociologist Bruno Latour describes a newspaper report on...

By Carson Byrd, USAPP | 08.24.2015
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It has been 15 years since then President Bill Clinton and leading scientists of the Human Genome Project...