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McKenna West entered surrogacy believing she was doing something generous. A single mother from Alaska, she hoped to help an infertile couple have a child while earning money to support her own family.
Read →It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall at the offices of The Daily Mail newspaper in Great Britain. Why?
Read →Trump, while railing against Empire State Democrats at a rally in Syracuse Friday, blasted “radical left lunatic” Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators passing a bill to change laws around surrogacy to refer to a “gestating” or “non-gestating” parent as well as calling them “parentage” hearings instead of “paternity.”
Read →An IVF mom now against traditional IVF, surrogacy & the corruption within Big Fertility.
Read →A CA couple who had 21 children through surrogacy has been arrested for child abuse, with investigators describing their residence as a "house of horrors."
Read →An Arcadia couple who have been accused of child abuse in a surrogacy scandal have been arrested in their Arcadia mansion by LA County Sheriff’s Departmen in a joint operation with the FBI . Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan had 21 children, most of whom were born via surrogacy Zhang
Read →A California couple who ran a surrogacy company are accused of subjecting children living in their home to repeated physical abuse.
Read →A California couple who assembled a household of surrogate-born children was arrested Tuesday after prosecutors said nannies beat children as young as 2 months old inside what they called a “house of horrors,” while the parents watched on camera. Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were taken into custody at their Arcadia mansion after […] The post Couple With 14 Surrogate Children Arrested After Horrific Child Abuse appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Read →Cops have arrested a Chinese couple accused of farming 21 children at their castle-like California mansion. Officers swooped on the Arcadia address October 6 and detained Guojun Xuan, 65, and his partner Silvia Zhang, 38, on multiple charges.
Read →A California couple who had at least 21 children through surrogacy have been charged with child abuse after authorities alleged that children living in their mansion were subjected to repeated beatings and harsh punishment. Guojun Xuan, 66 and Silvia Zhang, 39, are accused of recruiting surrogate mothers under false pretences before raising the children in […]
Read →Altruistic surrogacy can avoid the extremes found in its commercial form, such as material exploitation and inhumane contract terms. However, the fundamental problem of surrogacy remains: a child is conceived in the interest of others; the biological mother is merely a means to an end.
Read →On the Tuesdays when I don’t release a podcast, I try to recount resources I’ve come across recently - sometimes in categories and sometimes as a mixed selection. Enjoy and comment below!
Read →Miscarriage and abortion both involve the death of an embryo or fetus, but they are not the same thing.
Read →A newborn baby born via surrogate went viral on social media for being frustrated trying to root and latch. Unfortunately,...
Read →The lawsuit was brought by the child's mother, both individually and as legal representative of the estate of Baby Wabbington, against Southwestern Women’s Options, an Albuquerque abortion facility operated by physicians Curtis Wayne Boyd, Emily Cohen and Carmen Landau. The post A $200,000 Settlement for an Aborted Child Raises a Stark Question About Legal Personhood appeared first on ZENIT - English .
Read →Personhood In Dark Times - "It is not a far stretch for people who support killing children in the womb to take the logical next step and support killing children out of the womb. And that is exactly the horror that America has been witnessing in light of the Lindsay Clancey trial." Source
Read →by Monica Snyder
Read →In the Netherlands recently, a severely disabled child just under 2 years old was euthanized . Euthanasia is legal in that country: Originally, when the law was first passed in 2002, you had to be able to give consent to be euthanized, but since 2024 even those who cannot give co
Read →Approximately 30,000 people gathered for the fifth National March for Life in Bratislava on September 20, calling for an end to abortion and surrogacy.
Read →A judge known for pro-abortion rulings has raised controversy by suggesting that monkeys could be considered to have human rights. Pro-life advocates argue this stance further undermines the dignity of unborn human life.
Read →Pope Leo XIV's apostolic journey to France from September 25 to 28, 2026, focused on defending the dignity of every human life, challenging French lawmakers on assisted dying, abortion, and surrogacy, and emphasizing that no human life is disposable. During his visit, he engaged with the sick and disabled in Lourdes, delivered a speech at UNESCO warning about the impact of AI on human dignity, and celebrated a Mass in Paris attended by over 800,000 people, including altar servers with Down syndrome, highlighting his global voice for the vulnerable. The pope's visit sparked renewed debate over France's assisted-dying legislation, with his strong defense of life receiving widespread attention, including from President Emmanuel Macron, who attended Mass with him despite political opposition; Pope Leo also condemned euthanasia and abortion as threats to human dignity and called for medicine to reject programmed death, reinforcing his role as a prominent advocate for the disabled, elderly, unborn, and vulnerable in society.
Read →The emotional and physical experience of natural childbirth with the commercial surrogacy process, highlighting the emotional distance surrogates must maintain from the children they bear and the complex identity issues surrogacy creates for the child. It also discusses the lack of federal regulation, the invasive nature of surrogacy contracts, and presents cases illustrating the legal and ethical challenges faced by surrogates and children in commercial surrogacy arrangements.
Read →The United Kingdom will expand bereavement leave starting in April 2027 to include two weeks of unpaid leave for employees and their partners who suffer a miscarriage, undergo an abortion before 24 weeks, or lose an embryo during IVF transfer, including surrogacy cases. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and other critics argue that equating abortion with miscarriage in bereavement leave policy is an insult and raises questions about the recognition of unborn human life and the normalization of abortion and surrogacy practices.
Read →During his September 25-27 visit to France, Pope Leo XIV strongly defended human life, condemning abortion, surrogacy, and assisted dying, and urging protection for the vulnerable despite the new assisted-dying law that took effect in August. His remarks, including a call that 'what is legal is not necessarily moral,' were seen by pro-life advocates and the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation as encouragement to continue opposing the law and promoting the dignity of the sick, elderly, and disabled.
Read →Two same-sex couples in the UK face losing their frozen embryos after sperm donors withdrew consent, as UK law allows donors to withdraw consent before embryo transfer, leading to embryos being discarded after a cooling-off period if consent is not restored. New Zealand has partially addressed this issue by limiting donor consent withdrawal to before embryo creation under certain guidelines, but gaps remain in the law regarding embryo storage, consent, and disposal, prompting calls for reforms to protect embryos and prioritize children's rights in assisted reproduction and surrogacy legislation.
Read →Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy expressed that decisions about IVF, surrogacy, and vaccine schedules should be made by states rather than the federal government, emphasizing a reduction in federal oversight.
Read →Grindr CEO George Arison is lobbying to expand access to IVF and surrogacy by advocating for fertility service costs to be fully tax-deductible, surrogacy coverage through insurance, and an infertility definition inclusive of homosexual couples. Grindr has supported these practices for years, including covering IVF and surrogacy costs in its employee benefits package since 2024, highlighting their importance to homosexuals seeking children.
Read →Surrogates in the U.S. are paid between $45,000 and $75,000 to carry and birth children for others, which is close to the median individual income, but this compensation rarely ensures protection for the baby, surrogate, or transparency about complications.
Read →Taiwan officials arrested a Chinese national and two Taiwanese individuals for operating an illegal surrogacy ring that sold 25 children to 22 men, all of whom were either single or involved in same-sex partnerships, using Thai surrogates who traveled from Malaysia to Taiwan to give birth. The surrogacy network allowed clients to pay extra to choose the sex of their baby, resulting in 84% of the newborns being boys, and the ring leaders have been charged with violating Taiwan's Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, which outlaws surrogacy.
Read →The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.
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