Artificial insemination

From the culture of rape promoted by ISIS to the women left by their recently out husbands, this week's best in longform journalism.

Through the power of the Internet, ‘natural’ (read: via intercourse) sperm donors are connecting with women who want to get pregnant—without the sperm bank’s price tag.

The MTV reality series Generation Cyro, premiering Monday, follows teenagers conceived via sperm donor searching for their half-siblings and donor parents. Marlow Stern spoke with several of the teens featured on the show, as well as the head of the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR), about life as donor children.

After gifting his DNA via Craigslist, a Kansas man may be on the hook for $6,000 in child support. Fair?