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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 Bangkok Post, Bangkok Post | 07.29.2015

A new law banning commercial surrogacy takes effect July 30 even as controversy continues to swirl around children born before...

By Kirk Bloodsworth, The Hill | 07.29.2015

I'll never forget how lonely I felt when the jury announced its guilty verdict and the courtroom erupted in applause...

By Dusko Ilic, BioNews | 07.27.2015
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In their latest study, published in the Nature, Shoukrat Mitalipov and collaborators, including Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte...

By Ashby Jones, The Wall Street Journal | 07.26.2015
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How much is a human egg worth? The question is at the heart of a federal lawsuit brought...

By Namita Kohli, Hindustan Times | 07.26.2015
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It's early morning in the mid western state of Ohio in the US, but Michael Morris (name changed...

By Lauren McMah, Perth Now [Australia] | 07.26.2015
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THERE wasn’t much to being an anonymous sperm donor in the 1970s and ‘80s. You showed up, signed...

By Chris Woolston, Nature News | 07.24.2015
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Researchers often complain about inaccurate science stories in the popular press, but few air their grievances in a...

By Akshat Rathi, Quartz | 07.24.2015

Among all the forensic tools available to criminal investigators, DNA analysis is the only one that has consistently produced reliable...