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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 Marcy Darnovsky, The New York Times | 03.02.2015

Many of us would be delighted to contribute to medical advances. But handing over reams of our genetic, health and...

By Kirsty Oswald, BioNews | 03.02.2015
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You may have come across the story. 'Teenagers more likely to pass on genetic mutations to children,' reported...

By David Kravets, Ars Technica | 03.02.2015
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The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the conviction of a rapist whose prosecution rested on DNA swiped...

By Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 03.01.2015
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Barely a week goes by without some dispiriting tale of racism seeping into the public consciousness: the endless...

By Stephanie Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 02.28.2015

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Wojcicki (pronounced wo-JIT-ski) made it her mission...

By John Farrell, Forbes | 02.28.2015
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With last week’s parliamentary vote, the U.K. is quickly moving ahead with plans to be the first...

By Gary Robertson, Reuters | 02.26.2015
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Virginia would pay the handful of survivors of a forced sterilization program $25,000 each in compensation under a...

By Japan Times, Japan Times | 02.26.2015

A panel under the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology will not recommend that young and healthy women preserve their...