THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEW, The Perils of Surrogacy
The goal posts keep moving in the legal limbo surrounding artificial human reproduction.
Continue ReadingThe goal posts keep moving in the legal limbo surrounding artificial human reproduction.
Continue ReadingThe deeply exploitative nature of surrogacy was one of my most surprising findings, but there are other important considerations Christians need to understand about this little-known practice that is part of an effort to reshape the family in the 21st century.
Continue ReadingThis womb-renting represents the final conquest of the consumerist logic of capitalism, turning women and children into commodities whose value is determined by the market.
Continue ReadingWhen the young Thai woman saw an online ad seeking surrogate mothers, it seemed like a life-altering deal: $10,000 to help a foreign couple that wanted a child but couldn’t conceive.
Continue Reading“I was never asked whether I had been pregnant before, whether I was under medical or psychiatric treatment, or how I would feel about giving up the baby.”
Continue Reading“I told them that they had chosen me to carry and protect this child, and that was exactly what I was going to do,” Kelley said. “I told them it wasn’t their decision to play God.”
Continue ReadingThen we found another option: a way to postpone parenthood without risking the higher miscarriage and genetic disorder rates that occur in babies conceived from parents older than 35.
Continue ReadingShe was all of five days old when she was first put on a plane, alone.
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the shenanigans and propaganda to stop and for the inconvenient truths about commercial surrogacy to be told.
Continue ReadingA recent RH Reality Check piece treated the vexing question of commercial surrogacy as a litmus test for feminists. For us at Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, we believe that contract pregnancy can’t be understood in such a simplistic framework.
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