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Johanna’s story | “I still recognize that what happened to me was a trauma, a very serious one which will forever impact my life and relations to other people.”

Johanna’s story | “I still recognize that what happened to me was a trauma, a very serious one which will forever impact my life and relations to other people.”

by Them Before Us | Mar 29, 2024 | Stories

My name is Johanna, I am now 42 years old. I am an adoptee from Sweden (now living in Denmark). I grew up in a middle-class home in a house with my adoptive parents (husband and wife) and with a little sister who is a biological child to our parents. When I got...
Selena’s story | “I could not help thinking that this sounds like a business.”

Selena’s story | “I could not help thinking that this sounds like a business.”

by Them Before Us | Nov 16, 2023 | Stories

While working as a doctor, [I’ve seen] that egg/sperm donation or surrogacy isn’t questioned in terms of the impact that it may have on the child. I would say in fact, that it is celebrated. Celebrated in the sense that people are not allowing themselves...
Olivia’s story | “We’re trading with humans, we’re selling humans, we’re buying uteruses. [Surrogacy] should be abolished worldwide.”

Olivia’s story | “We’re trading with humans, we’re selling humans, we’re buying uteruses. [Surrogacy] should be abolished worldwide.”

by Katie Breckenridge | Oct 19, 2023 | Stories

Olivia Auriol was born via traditional surrogacy in Louisville, Kentucky, and grew up between France and the United States. She recently shared her story in a Webinar with Abolition GPA about her experiences growing up as a child of surrogacy. While Olivia’s parents...
How the GOP Can Become the Pro-Child Party

How the GOP Can Become the Pro-Child Party

by Katy Faust | Feb 21, 2023 | The Latest | 3 comments

(Originally published in Newsweek) Glenn Youngkin’s 2021 upset win in the Virginia governor’s race introduced a new voting bloc: parents. Since then, threats to parental rights have only increased, with blue states like California declaring themselves...
Abortion advocates are rightly outraged by the “domestic supply of infants,” but it’s their crowd buying and selling

Abortion advocates are rightly outraged by the “domestic supply of infants,” but it’s their crowd buying and selling

by Katy Faust | May 25, 2022 | The Latest

(Originally published in The American Conservative) The leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft SCOTUS opinion has unhinged pro-choice activists. On top of trying to intimidate justices by picketing their homes, activists warn the court has put long-accepted positions...
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