No, Manufacturing Children In A Petri Dish Isn’t A Reproductive Right
(Originally published in The Federalist) Illinois state Rep. Margaret Croke recently introduced House Bill 5779, a bill to legally secure a right “to make autonomous decisions about one’s own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to use or refuse...
Test and discard your designer baby cheaper and faster
The In Vitro Fertilization process has been responsible for the creation and disposal of millions of human beings. Combining the numbers of embryonic persons who are disposed of, do not survive the thawing process, or are donated to research, IVF disposes of millions...
Government shouldn’t subsidize intentional motherlessness and fatherlessness
(Originally published in the Washington Examiner) It’s been seven years since the Supreme Court made gay marriage the law of the land. Those of us who raised objections to this decision and argued that redefining marriage would redefine family and encourage...
Artificial Human Eggs: The next step in child-commodifying, dystopian science
Research using skin cells to create sperm and eggs for same-sex couples and the use of third-party mitochondria in the IVF process to prevent mitochondrial diseases is unfortunately nothing new. While the process of reverse engineering cells from tissues and organs...
Regardless of the congressional vote on gay marriage, children need both a mother and father
(Originally published in the Washington Examiner) This week, 47 House Republicans joined the Democratic Party to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a deceptively named bill that would codify the legalization of gay marriage and make official our cultural abandonment...
Defenders Of Traditional Marriage Should Follow The Pro-Life Playbook
(Originally published in The Federalist) The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dobbs case overturning Roe vs. Wade was the most refreshing and long-fought conservative culture war win in our lifetime. The pro-life activists responsible for this victory have established...
IVF Harms to Children
In-Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, is one of the most common forms of assisted reproductive technologies, or ART. Big Fertility touts IVF as an optimal treatment for those who are struggling with fertility issues. And why wouldn’t they? After all, #BigFertility is a...
Abortion advocates are rightly outraged by the “domestic supply of infants,” but it’s their crowd buying and selling
(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...
Embryo-Dumping Fertility Industry Is Panicked Over The Potential Overturn Of Roe V. Wade
(Originally published in The Federalist) The likely overturning of Roe v. Wade has panicked many reproductive technology advocates, specifically the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. When abortion policy is decided by individual states, personhood laws such...
Children’s Rights Win in South Dakota!
South Dakota has been a front in the battle for surrogacy for the last few years. The fertility industry has made several attempts to legalize commercial surrogacy in this pro-business state filled with relatively affordable wombs for rent. Last month, the latest...
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