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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...

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By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now | 08.07.2023

A shocking story of wrongful arrest in Detroit has renewed scrutiny of how facial recognition software is being deployed by...

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By Kashmir Hill , The New York Times | 08.06.2023

Porcha Woodruff was getting her two daughters ready for school when six police officers showed up at her door in...

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By Gerrit De Vynck, The Washington Post | 08.05.2023

Earlier this year, investment bank UBS put out a report heralding artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, saying it was...

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By Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times | 08.04.2023

After the state sterilized thousands of Californians without their consent, lawmakers offered reparations in 2021 by creating the Forced or...

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By Casey Parks, The Washington Post | 08.04.2023

A year before Ashley Sheffield left the military, she and her partner decided to try to have a child. The...

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By Stav Dimitropoulos, proto.life | 08.03.2023

Imagine a not-so-distant future, when a 60-year-old man named John Doe goes to the doctor to replace a faulty gene...

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By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post | 08.02.2023

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Like many women, I...

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By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 08.01.2023

Jason Mast is a former English teacher who now focuses on such things as multimillion-dollar gene therapies and whether they...