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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 Betty Rollin, KQED Religion & Ethics Newsweekly | 07.02.2015


A promising new medical technology has the potential to cure many genetic diseases by deleting or replacing defective...

By Anna Nowogrodzki, MIT Technology Review | 07.02.2015
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For 51 years, newborn babies have gotten a heel-prick test in which their blood is screened for dozens...

By Editorial, Nature | 07.01.2015
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The revelation in April that scientists had edited the genome of a human embryo — an inevitable development...

By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian | 06.30.2015
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The governor has signed a bill that would expand access to DNA testing for people hoping to prove...

By Sarah Dingle, Daily Life [Australia] | 06.30.2015
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Something happened over the weekend in Melbourne which has never happened anywhere before in the world. This is the future...

By Britt E. Erickson, Chemical & Engineering News | 06.29.2015
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A little more than a decade after scientists first unraveled the human genome, some researchers are trying to...

By Rebecca Carr, BioNews | 06.29.2015
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Last month, in a judgment that was hailed as the first of its kind, High Court judge Ms...

By Alice Maynard, BioNews | 06.29.2015

Untitled Document I served on the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) as a lay member from 2006 to 2012, and found...