by Katy Faust | Apr 8, 2024 | #ANDnotOR, #ANDnotORlearn, The Latest
(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...
by Katy Faust | Mar 1, 2024 | The Latest |
(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”...
by Katy Faust | Mar 1, 2024 | The Latest
(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...
by Katy Faust | Mar 1, 2024 | The Latest
(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...
by Katy Faust | Mar 1, 2024 | Surrogacy
(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...