At first blush, the news that scientists can diagnose thousands of genetic disorders in an unborn human baby looks incredible.

Using a blood sample from the mother and saliva from the father, scientists at the University of Washington mapped out the entire genome of a child while ...

Rick Guidotti had been trained to see and capture a very particular standard of physical beauty. But walking down New York City's Park Avenue one day, the fashion photographer spotted a girl with albinism. Though her fair skin and white hair fell outside the familiar window ...

In Sacha Baron Cohen's (Borat and Bruno) new movie The Dictator, his film-wife tells him she's pregnant in one scene. His response: "Are you having a boy or an abortion?"

This line is only funny if you like shock comedy. It packs a punch because it's true.

It's a well-documented ...

When Time's July 2010 cover featured a portrait of a disfigured 18-year-old Afghan woman whose nose and ears had been cut off by her Taliban husband, the magazine was awarded the World Press Photo organization's 2010 Photo of the Year.

When Heather Walker posted pictures of her ...

They met in college and fell in love. They talked about getting married, and he started looking for a ring. They dreamed about life together, a life of beauty and joy, raising babies and laughing with friends and growing old.

They did not imagine a car accident. They did not ...

Is donating sperm and eggs an act of kindness to a stranger or a breach of our common humanity? Should wealthy women be able to hire surrogate mothers to bear their babies? What are the ethical questions surrounding adoption, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and prenatal genetic ...

Last week the popular NPR show This American Life did something completely unprecedented in the history of the program. It retracted an entire episode.

This decision has garnered media attention for two reasons. First, This American Life (TAL) is a journalistic program that prides ...

When Sarah Palin first accepted the vice presidential nomination in 2008, I thought I should be excited that a fellow mother of a child with Down syndrome might sit in the White House. But my response to her candidacy was mixed at best. Long before she became a polarizing figure ...

An article published in February in the international, peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Ethics is making headlines around the world. In the article, former Cambridge and Oxford University researchers Dr. Alberto Giubilini and Dr. Francesca Minerva argue the very point pro-life ...

In some ways, the story made a decision much easier for me. No longer would I be tempted to duck out of a family birthday celebration early to catch Westminster Kennel Club's (WKC) 136th Annual Dog Show. Now I would gladly miss it.

Why? The WKC's decision to part ways with longtime ...