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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 Health Canal, Health Canal | 06.18.2014

The approval of a new treatment method by which three parents will be able to beget a child is being...

By Amanda Marcotte, Slate | 06.18.2014
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Put this in the "can they even do that?" files. Jesse Lee Herald of Edinburg, Virginia, received an...

By Li Yan, Global Times | 06.17.2014
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Business is booming in the Chinese mainland's ovary egg donation black market where agencies advertise their underground services...

By Jane Ridley, New York Post | 06.16.2014
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When Jessica Kern gave evidence to lawmakers in Washington, DC, last summer opposing the legalization of surrogacy in...

By Swapna Majundar, Thomson Reuters Foundation | 06.16.2014
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When Yuma Sherpa told doctors at a private fertility clinic here that she wanted to back out, her...

By Paolo Bianco & Douglas Sipp, Nature | 06.16.2014
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Modern medicine depends on products that must pass rigorous tests for safety and efficacy before being marketed to...

By Elena Cattaneo & Gilberto Corbellini, Nature | 06.16.2014
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Scientists get the most satisfaction from working long hours at the bench with like-minded colleagues, but sometimes their...

By Steve Connor, The Independent | 06.15.2014
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Fertility treatment in the UK is an unregulated "jungle" where anxious couples are routinely offered IVF and other...