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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 Joseph Goldstein, New York Times | 01.24.2014
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a review of a national DNA database, has identified nearly 170 profiles that probably...
By Steve Fry, Topeka Capital-Journal | 01.23.2014
A Topeka man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple is the presumptive father to a baby one of the...
By Ursula Gauthier, Worldcrunch | 01.22.2014
BEIJING — When he was 17, Zhao Bowen was a bored student who made an audacious decision. In a country...
By Peter Moore, YouGov | 01.21.2014

In this YouGov/Huffington Post poll, the questions are:

Which comes closest to your opinion about scientific research on human, plant...

By Editorial, Nature | 01.21.2014

An article published on Nature’s website last week has created quite a buzz in South Korea. It details efforts...

By Craig Klugman, Bioethics.net | 01.21.2014
In the 1997 film GATTACA, a couple anxious to have a child sit down with their doctor. He shows them...
By Sean Poulter, Daily Mail (UK) | 01.20.2014
  • 38 British websites now offer home testing kits - which can cost up to £300
  • Paternity and genetic ancestry tests...
By Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian | 01.19.2014

Drug and insurance companies will from later this year be able to buy information on patients – including mental health...