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...
Colorado’s child commodifying “Family Affirmation Act” passes in the House
Colorado House Bill 22-1153, the mis-named Family Affirmation Act, seeks to make parentage easier for adults employing assisted reproductive technologies. But in the process, it violates the universally-acknowledged children’s right to be known and loved by both...
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...
Testifying Against Surrogacy in South Dakota
Them Before Us founder Katy Faust recently testified against Senate Bill 137 in the South Dakota Senate, which aims to establish gestational surrogacy arrangements and agreements. According to the bill’s proponents, surrogacy has been practiced in South Dakota for...
Chinese scientists build robot nanny to eliminate defective babies in artificial wombs
China has taken our dystopian Brave New World societal antics one step further by introducing a robot that monitors the growth of embryos in artificial wombs to curb population growth concerns. The technology has only been used on animal embryos thus far, but China is...
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