IVF has made a business of violating the rights of children. It circumvents, rather than heals, infertility. Infertility is heartbreaking for married couples who desperately want to welcome a baby into their family. These couples deserve compassion, but never at the...
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Illusions of Control and the Ableism of Big Fertility
(Originally published in Public Discourse) It would be hard to come up with a more horrifying and heartbreaking headline than this: “I Caught Our Surrogate Drinking and Made Her Abort the Baby.” The article details Marty and Melinda Rangers’s experience with...
No-Fault Divorce is Bad For Kids. Divorce Justice is the Answer.
Originally published at Coalition for Divorce Reform. My name is Katy Faust and I am the founder and president of Them Before Us. We are a global movement defending children’s right to their mother and father. That makes us fierce opponents of divorce. “Divorce” is...
Tim Walz’s Position On IVF Shows How Extreme He Is
(Originally published in The Federalist) At this year’s Human Rights Campaign Dinner, Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz spoke of his and Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to bring “decency back” to how the country does things. Their plan to bring decency...
Pastor Twists Himself In Knots To Claim Being Pro-IVF Is Pro-Life
(Originally published in The Federalist) Amid an ongoing national conversation around IVF after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling, attempts by both Republicans and Democrats to “protect IVF,” and Tim Walz’s Stolen Vitro controversy, the Dallas Morning News published,...
Science Has Discovered Natural Fertility Enhancers That Work Far Better Than IVF
(Originally published in The Federalist) Although Democrat vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly claimed he and his wife used In Vitro Fertilization to create children, it turns out they used another fertility procedure that doesn’t involve destroying or...
No, Our Fertility Challenges Don’t Mean We Can Violate the Rights of Children
Fertility issues seem to be a growing problem in the west. We all know and love someone who has struggled with infertility or lost a child to miscarriage. Having empathy for our loved ones facing infertility is critical. For those dedicated to children’s rights...
If You’re Pro-Life And Pro-Family, You Can’t Be Pro-IVF
(Originally published in The Federalist) On Monday, Sens. Ted Cruz and Katie Britt unveiled their IVF Protection Act to ensure “IVF is fully protected at the federal level.” The bill would make states “ineligible to receive Medicaid funding if they have enacted an...
What Ted Cruz, Katie Britt Get Wrong About IVF
(Originally published in The Daily Signal) Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., announced Monday that they are introducing a bill that would ensure access to in vitro fertilization by amending the Social Security Act. Under their IVF Protection Act, any...
IVF Modernizes Ancient Eugenic Practices Of ‘Selective Breeding’
(Originally published in The Society of St. Sebastian and The Federalist) (Image Source) The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent and right decision to deem embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as people sparked concern from fertility facilities regarding...
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