Following recent conversations on Capitol Hill about the growing harms of the fertility industry, Representatives today issued a press release expressing support for the SAFE KIDS Act—legislation previously introduced by Sen. Rick Scott to protect children from exploitation within the commercial fertility and surrogacy industry, including abuses tied to foreign adversaries. This moment underscores what the Center for Bioethics […] The post From Washington, D.C. to the front lines of reproductive policy, the truth is coming into focus. appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Networ
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry: Review of Surrogacy Laws Response to Discussion Paper (2025) We are deeply disappointed that the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Discussion Paper promotes the removal of so-called “barriers” to surrogacy in Australia, signaling an intention to expand and normalize surrogacy as a large-scale social and economic practice. Rather […] The post Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission: Review of Surrogacy Laws appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Back in July 2025, the CBC submitted a response to the initial national consultation on surrogacy reform through the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) inquiry. In that submission, we warned that weakening safeguards would expose women and children to ethical, social, and human-rights harms. This week, Western Australia passed its new surrogacy bill — and […] The post A Troubling Step: Western Australia’s New Surrogacy Bill and What It Means appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Grondelski criticizes businesses offering keepsakes made with material from unused IVF embryos. He connects the practice to broader ethical questions about embryo disposition, commercialization, and respect for human remains.
CBC Executive Director Kallie Fell joins Phillipa Taylor with the International Christian Medical & Dental Association on Webinar #272: Egg freezing and embryo adoption. In this webinar, they explore the ethical and social implications of egg freezing and embryo adoption. Marketed as empowering choices for women and hopeful parents, both practices are often driven by […] The post Egg freezing and embryo adoption: ICMDA Webinar with Kallie Fell appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Americans United for Life (AUL) is pleased to share our 2025 Third Quarter Life Litigation Report. The report tracks major bioethics cases in federal and state courts across the country. These cases range from early life issues, such as abortion and in vitro fertilization, to end-of-life questions, such as assisted suicide. The goal of the report is to provide an overview […] The post AUL’s 2025 Q3 Life Litigation Report appeared first on Americans United for Life .
Remarks by Jennifer Lahl to be presented on November 19th before the European Parliament This has always been a debate between those who call for Regulation vs. those who call for Abolishment Most people see the inherent risk of abuse in surrogacy arrangements, especially compensation surrogacy arrangements and think the way forward is through regulation […] The post European Parliament Remarks on The Invisible Victims Women & Children: The True Exploited in the Reproductive Market appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Williams examines the relationship between early twentieth-century Protestant reform movements and eugenics. He connects that history to later debates about abortion, disability and the moral limits of social reform.
What if everything you’ve heard about the abortion pill isn’t the full story? Nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions are chemical abortions. Board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Donna Harrison, Director of Research for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), joins Bioethics Babe to pull back the curtain on chemical abortion — from how mifepristone (RU-486) and misoprostol actually work in a woman’s body, to the hidden complications women face, to the behind-the-scenes schemes at the upper echelons of power that took place to get the abortion pill to America. Did y
We’ve all heard it before: a woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have. It’s a fundamental truth of biology and has always defined the boundaries of reproduction. But what happens if this biological reality is no longer fact? What if we could take an ordinary skin cell and transform it into […] The post In vitro gametogenesis—The manufacture of human eggs & embryos: The Dystopian Future of IVF (Part 2) appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Why would an atheist be pro-life? In this interview of the Bioethics Babe podcast, Monica Snyder, Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life, shares the evidence-based and non-religious arguments against abortion. With a background in chemical biology and forensic science, Monica explains how science, logic, and compassion shape her pro-life views—without relying on faith. She also shares her best advice on how to dialogue with people who are pro-choice. We discuss: If you’ve ever wondered whether the pro-life position requires religion, this conversation shows why it doesn’t. Subscribe for more i
Speaking up for the voiceless isn’t easy—but it’s essential. In this episode of The LifeCast , host Rich Bennett welcomes Megan Almon—an award-winning journalist turned Christian apologist with more than a decade of experience speaking on bioethics and cultural issues. Megan equips listeners to confidently advocate for the preborn, gently correct common cultural lies with moral clarity, and ask clarifying questions that open doors for meaningful, grace-filled conversations. Through powerful stories of changed minds and hearts, she shares why younger generations are increasingly pro-life and ho
The Center for Bioethics and Culture has submitted a response to a new surrogacy consultation in the UK, hosted by the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST). POST is a parliamentary service which exists to distribute academic research and briefings (POSTnotes) to parliamentarians. POST has launched a consultation on surrogacy and we have filed our response […] The post Surrogacy in the UK appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
The Center for Bioethics and Culture welcomes the July 2025 report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, which offers a sobering assessment of surrogacy. The report leaves no doubt: surrogacy is not empowerment—it is exploitation. The official report is yet to be presented to the UN general assembly in […] The post Surrogacy at the UN: A Global Call to Protect Women and Children appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Headlines recently announced a groundbreaking—but deeply troubling—development: scientists in Guangzhou, China, are developing the world’s first pregnancy-simulating humanoid robot, outfitted with an artificial womb capable of carrying a fetus from conception through to delivery.[1] This prototype, expected to be ready by 2026 and priced under ¥100,000 (approximately US $14,000), is described by its creators as a […] The post A Mechanized Womb: A Call for Human-Centered Ethics in Reproductive Technology appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Bacus examines philosophical arguments that tie personhood to consciousness or prior mental states. She argues that these approaches do not justify excluding unborn human beings from basic moral protection.
Realities of Embryo Adoption What patients and providers need to know What Is Embryo Adoption? Embryo adoption refers to the transfer of frozen embryos originally created by another couple to a person or couple. The intended mother undergoes IVF to carry and raise the resulting child. It usually involves legal contracts and matching programs run […] The post Realities of Embryo Adoption appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Andersen argues that IVF counseling often gives insufficient attention to the moral and emotional consequences of creating surplus embryos. She frames frozen or discarded embryos as human lives and urges patients to consider those implications before treatment.
The Australian Law Reform Commission is soliciting submissions for their Surrogacy Reform Issues Paper. The Issues Paper introduces our inquiry and explains what we have been asked to do. It provides a brief overview of surrogacy laws in Australia. The Issues Paper also sets out some principles we may use to guide reform and lists […] The post Australian Law Reform Commission: Submission on the Review of Surrogacy Laws appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
The Center for Bioethics and Culture submitted a formal letter opposing Pennsylvania’s HB350 because it prioritizes contractual arrangements over the rights and welfare of children and women. By permitting paid surrogacy and establishing parentage by contract, HB350 dangerously commodifies children and exploits women’s reproductive labor. It also weakens critical safeguards—such as background checks and home […] The post Opposition to HB 350, “Uniform Parentage Act” – Potential Harm in Surrogacy and Parental Safeguards appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Geraghty discusses the birth of Adriana Smith's son after she was declared brain dead during pregnancy. The commentary considers the ethical justification for continued support and disputes claims that Georgia's abortion law necessarily dictated her care.
Americans United for Life (AUL) is pleased to share our 2025 Second Quarter Life Litigation Report. The report tracks major bioethics cases in federal and state courts across the country. These cases range from early life issues, such as abortion and in vitro fertilization, to end-of-life questions, such as assisted suicide. The goal of the […] The post 2025 Q2 Life Litigation Report appeared first on Americans United for Life .
Erika, a 35-year-old single mother of two, experienced severe health complications and emotional trauma during and after her surrogacy pregnancy, including hyperemesis, carbon monoxide poisoning, and toxic mold exposure, while being controlled and isolated by the intended parents under a strict contract. After giving birth prematurely, Erika was denied contact with the baby and felt discarded and unappreciated, highlighting the potential physical and emotional risks and ethical concerns in the surrogacy industry.
Peter Singer, the internationally influential emeritus bioethics professor from Princeton, is known as a moral philosopher — which in his case is an oxymoron. Not only has he repeatedly endorsed the moral propriety of infanticide, but he has also yawned at bestiality and suggested experimenting on cognitively disabled people rather than animals if they are not “persons,” among other ethically depraved opinions. Singer and another philosophy professor — Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek — just took to the opinion pages of the New York Times to endorse geriatric suicide. It seems a noted 90-year-old psy
The Center for Bioethics & Culture submitted to the United Nations the following letter as a response to the call for input to the thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the General Assembly 80th session on surrogacy and violence against women and girls. Surrogacy presents complex ethical, legal, […] The post The Human Rights Challenges of Surrogacy: A Response to the UN Office of the High Commissioner appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
A new paper from the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford warns against using Australia as a model for UK laws on assisted suicide and euthanasia. Both the UK Parliament at Westminster and the Scottish Parliament are currently considering bills that would legalise what is often called “assisted dying”. In his briefing paper Wrong Side of the […] The post Euthanasia; a warning from Australia first appeared on The Iona Institute .
Schadenberg argues that classifying assisted suicide as treatment would alter the purpose and obligations of health services. He discusses the United Kingdom debate and contends that such a change conflicts with suicide prevention.
In testimony republished by the coalition, psychiatrist Ronald Pies opposes Massachusetts assisted-suicide proposals on ethical and clinical grounds. He argues that clinicians should respond to fears about autonomy and dignity through counseling and care rather than assistance in dying.
Twenty years ago today, Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was withdrawn with court approval, commencing a cruel deprivation of sustenance that resulted in her death by dehydration 13 days later. For those who may not remember, the case became the most hotly contested bioethics issue since Roe v. Wade as Terri’s husband Michael fought in courts and in the media with her parents and siblings over his desire to remove all Terri’s food and fluids. In the end, he won — and Terri died. Now, two bioethicists on the influential Hastings Center blog decry the case as wrongly brought. They get some facts wro
Wesley J. Smith joined host Simon O’Connor on Family Matters, a show from Family First New Zealand, to discuss human exceptionalism. Together, they discuss what makes humans different from animals, the problem with mainstream bioethics today, why euthanasia is wrong, and more!
