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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 Helen Wallace, Epoch Times | 08.03.2014
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The new Chief Executive of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Simon Stevens, was recently reported arguing...

By Ian Johnson and Cao Li, The New York Times | 08.02.2014
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WUHAN, China — In a small conference room overlooking this city’s smog-shrouded skyline, Huang Jinlai outlines his offer...

By Kathleen Kerr, Newsday | 08.01.2014
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Ted Tiller gets around his Huntington home in a wheelchair, battling a rare disease that has left him...

By Ian Sample, The Guardian [UK] | 07.31.2014
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Tens of thousands of NHS patients are to be invited to donate their DNA for research as part...

By Lindsay Murdoch, The Sydney Morning Herald | 07.31.2014
Gammy, a six-month-old baby abandoned by his Australian parents, could die because his impoverished Thai surrogate mother cannot pay for...
By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.31.2014
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The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it would start regulating medical laboratory testing, saying that...

By Rebecca J. Rosen, The Atlantic | 07.31.2014

The word "bank" typically refers to financial institutions, large and small, from the storefront where you go to cash your...

By Gloria Galloway, The Globe and Mail | 07.30.2014
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Would-be parents who turn to in vitro fertilization to conceive children will find inconsistent oversight of fertility clinics...