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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 Elizabeth M. Meade, The Morning Call | 03.10.2014
A recent New York Times article (Feb. 25) on a new fertility procedure that involves using the genetic material of...
By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 03.10.2014
It was a genuine “where's the beef” session for California's nearly 10-year-old, $3 billion state stem cell agency.

A member...
By Louise Kinross, Bloom | 03.06.2014
It’s on the list.

My son’s rare genetic deletion is on the list of disorders identified by microarray analysis...
By Nathaniel Comfort, Genotopia | 03.06.2014
My feed is full of stories about “three-parent babies” and whether they are a eugenic threat. Predictably, Art Caplan, the...
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe | 03.06.2014
In an effort to bring clarity to one of the most controversial and confusing scientific findings in recent memory...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 03.06.2014
The number of sequenced human genomes will soon jump from the thousands to the millions. But a recently established high-profile...
By Denise Grady, The New York Times | 03.05.2014

The idea of genetically altering people’s cells to make them resist the virus that causes AIDS may seem like a...

By Virginia Hughes, Nature | 03.05.2014

When Brian Dias became a father last October, he was, like any new parent, mindful of the enormous responsibility that...