Don’t celebrate the Buttigieg twins’ mother-loss

by Katy Faust | Sep 8, 2021 | EXPORT, The Latest

(Originally published on LifeSite News) Pete Buttigieg’s weekend announcement that he and “husband” Chasten are “becoming parents” of twins had the Twitterverse abuzz. Odd phrasing, that “becoming parents” verbiage. More accurately, two men, who are biologically...

Why We Really Can’t Celebrate Both Surrogacy and Mother’s Day

by Katy Faust | May 10, 2020 | EXPORT, The Latest

Originally published at The Daily Signal When it comes to motherhood, our cultural stream produces both salt water and fresh water: We declare mothers to be irreplaceable in one breath, and say that mothers are completely optional in the next. While the nation was...

‘#BigFertility’ Documentary Exposes 3 Ways Surrogacy Harms Children

by Katy Faust | Nov 18, 2018 | The Latest

Originally posted at The Federalist A new short documentary, “#BigFertility: It’s All About the Money,” exposes the seedy underbelly of an industry that produces custom-order babies by exploiting vulnerable women. The 45-minute film from the Center for Bioethics and...

Samantha’s story | “In Kansas there were no women, only Dad and Billy and my baby brother.”

by Them Before Us | Nov 4, 2018 | EXPORT, Stories

I was kidnapped when I was 8 months old. My father snuck me out of a diner in Albuquerque, NM while my mother was in the bathroom. My father moved me around quite a bit and stayed off the grid as much as possible to avoid detection from my mother. In Denver Colorado...

Rhianna’s story | “I never have had a mom’s love and affection.”

by Them Before Us | Jul 5, 2018 | EXPORT, Stories

I am a 38-year-old married woman, a wife of 10 years, and a mother to a 3.5-year-old daughter and a 1-year old son. My mother is African American and my father is/was Caucasian. I was born in the late 70’s where it was still taboo for interracial relationships to...