In 1988, President Ronald Reagan first declared October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month to acknowledge the grief of losing a preborn child or newborn child and to encourage support for grieving parents.
Twin basketball stars Cayden and Cameron Boozer will be taking to the court again this season, Cayden returning to play for Duke University's Blue Devils, and Cameron to play in the NBA, drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies. Did you know that their lives began 20 years ago in a lab? While in vitro fertilization is becoming more common in the 21st century, given that now over 100,000 babies are born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a single year[1], these boys, in particular, were created...
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.”
Embryo adoption provides a pathway for families to receive embryos that were created through in vitro fertilization and later placed in frozen storage. Rather than remaining indefinitely cryopreserved, these embryos may be donated by their genetic parents and adopted by another family willing to pursue pregnancy through frozen embryo transfer.
Down syndrome was not in the plans for Debora and Cameron Engen, but God had bigger plans when He gave them baby Charlotte. Now, Debora documents her family’s joyful journey in loving their first child, Charlotte, even after her surprising them by having Down syndrome. Debora speaks candidly on her platforms about how Charlotte has added to their family’s happiness and life experience. She and her husband share frequently about the unique joys in parenting Charlotte, who has amassed attention...
When Kristen Mihaly and her husband began trying to start a family, they faced a discouraging and heartbreaking prognosis. Because of severe endometriosis, she was told that her chances of conceiving a child were slim to none. Mihaly feared that her dream of becoming a mother might never come true. And, like many couples facing infertility, she and her husband were presented with one of the most common solutions: in vitro fertilization (IVF).
As we celebrate the 250th birthday of this great nation, the United States of America, it is a good time to reminisce about America’s history of personhood as a cornerstone of its Christian heritage.
As personhood advocates, shouldn’t we rejoice that more precious children have been born into the world? After all, every child is a gift from God. While this popular practice allows couples to fulfill their own desires for children, surrogacy must nonetheless be examined in light of its effects on the children born via surrogacy as well as on the surrogates themselves.
For nearly fifty years, the evil and shameful legacy of Roe v. Wade has touched just about every corner of American society. It is one of the most consequential and devastating court decisions that the world has ever seen. This June marks the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, and ended nearly fifty years of federally-imposed abortion doctrine.[1]
Since the first “test tube baby” was born in 1978, over 13 million people worldwide have been born who were conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF).