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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...

DNA strand in red and blue pills
By Carolyn Riley Chapman and Nirvan Bhatia, Hastings Bioethics Forum | 03.12.2026

Last year, researchers saved an infant named KJ from a life-threatening rare metabolic disorder using a customized gene editing therapy...

an image of a chunk being removed from a DNA strand
By Darren Incorvaia, Fierce Biotech | 03.11.2026

 

new method for safely inserting large chunks of DNA into genomes has now measured up in mice, potentially...

DNA dissolving on navy background
By Jason Liebowitz, The New Yorker | 03.06.2026

When Talaya Reid was in high school, in a quiet suburb of Philadelphia, she developed fatigue so severe that she...

Image of IVF
By Antonia O'Flaherty, ABC News Australia | 03.04.2026

Fertility giant Monash IVF has agreed to pay financial settlements to families involved in two major bungles that saw two...

Image of the FDA
By Rowan Walrath and Laurel Oldach, Chemical & Engineering News | 03.04.2026

Washington, DC—At a press conference held at the US Department of Health and Human Services headquarters on Feb. 23...

Synthetic embryos
By Paul Knoepfler, Stat | 03.03.2026

Researchers are racing to engineer highly realistic human embryo models using stem cells in the lab. Some of the newest...

A picture of Spain's Flag
By Dr. Marcin Śmietana, Progress Educational Trust (PET) | 03.02.2026

When a family created through surrogacy abroad returns to their home country after the birth of the child, the genetic...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr
By Editors, The Lancet | 02.28.2026

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., by Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons

In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of...