(Originally published in Public Discourse) The first time I walked into a Chinese orphanage, I picked up a little girl and held her close. At the time, I was working for a Chinese adoption agency, and while I was not yet a mother, I instinctively started rocking and...
(Originally published in World News Group) Last month, Democratic senators Tammy Duckworth, Patty Murray, and Susan Wild unveiled their Access to Family Building Act to protect “access to fertility treatments.” The bill essentially recognizes an adult's “right” to IVF...
(Originally published in The American Conservative) Last Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s decision regarding embryos destroyed at a fertility clinic. Their ruling applied the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act to all unborn children, including...
(Originally published in Evie Magazine) I arranged my 2, 4, 6, and 8-year-old in my tight minivan and set out for the three-hour trip from Seattle to Portland. Somewhere south of Olympia, my 4-year-old, seated directly behind me, began to vomit. Mom reflexes kicked...
(Originally published in The Federalist) Surrogacy is risky for children. Not just the risk of a primal wound via intentional birth mother separation. Not just the risk of identity struggles if their genetic mother is purchased from a catalog. Not just the risk...
(Originally published in The Federalist) Yet another gay conservative surrogate-born baby announcement has been met with another round of conservative elites offering their congratulations. Mind you, many of these same people surely objected to the hospital bed photo...
At the start of the year, I was invited to join the Advisory Board for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Spearheaded by Jordan Peterson of Canada, John Anderson of Australia, and Philippa Stroud of the UK, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship is “an...
(Originally published in The European Conservative) Dear PM Meloni, You’re right about surrogacy. You’re right about birth certificates. And you’re right about defending the traditional family. How do I know you’re right? Because I’ve been collecting the stories of...
(Originally published in World News Group) The early church was born into a world of child victimization. Abortion, infanticide, child castration, selling children, and child sex abuse were common. The practice of infant exposure, casting disabled, illegitimate, or...
(Originally published in World News Group) The progressive legal push to redefine the family continues unabated. Last month, the Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services proposed to redefine de-sex parenthood in law—avoiding gender-specific...