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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 Ari Shapiro, NPR | 06.11.2015
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In the U.S., surrogate parenting is widely accepted. Although no official figures exist, experts believe perhaps a thousand...

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 06.11.2015
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California’s $3 billion stem cell agency has called a high-level meeting for next fall to examine a "red-hot"...
By Maddie Stone, Gizmodo | 06.10.2015
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Twenty five years ago, Michael Crichton captured our imaginations with the crazy idea that scientists might one day...

By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 06.10.2015
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When Geoffrey Ling talks about the future of technology, his ideas go flying around the room like a...

By Loretta Houlahan, The Age [Australia] | 06.10.2015
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In a departure  from the usual IVF miracle baby stories, much attention has been devoted recently to IVF...

By Alexandra Harney and Ben Hirschler, Reuters | 06.09.2015
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Years of pouring money into its laboratories, wooing scientists home from overseas and urging researchers to publish and...

By Margaret Somerville, The Globe and Mail | 06.08.2015
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The human germline is the genetic essence of human life. It’s the genes passed on from generation to...
By Michael Wells-Greco, BioNews | 06.08.2015
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On 21 May 2015 the Swiss Federal Court (1) refused to register a male couple - who are...