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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 Govind Vijaykumar, The Asian Age | 03.08.2015
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Within a year, the world could see the first of what’s being described as the three-parent baby. And...

By Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post | 03.06.2015
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Mark Surrey, fertility specialist to the Kardashians, opens with the story of a 44-year-old lawyer who waited too...

By Sabriya Rice, Modern Healthcare | 03.06.2015
Untitled Document Online ads for genetic cancer tests that promise to identify the best treatment “to kill your cancer” and...
By Kevin Boehnke, Science | 03.06.2015
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Throughout my science education, I have dutifully memorized facts: the stages of photosynthesis, the enzymes involved in the...

By Virginia Hughes, BuzzFeed | 03.05.2015
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Last May, when she was 10 weeks pregnant, Eunice Lee took a blood test to screen for diseases...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 03.05.2015
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If anyone had devised a way to create a genetically engineered baby, I figured George Church would know...

By CBC, CBC News | 03.05.2015

A Dalhousie University professor is discouraging career-minded women from freezing their eggs for lifestyle reasons, a practice known as 'social...

By Rob Stein, NPR | 03.05.2015

Melissa and her husband started trying to have a baby right after they got married. But nothing was happening. So...