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.
What comes to mind when you hear the words IVF and surrogacy? For many, these terms bring to mind images of couples who have longed for children and turned to assisted reproductive technology (ART) for assistance. These technologies tend to be presented as compassionate solutions, in order to fulfill a desire that is profoundly human.
The cries of a newborn were heard coming from a motel dumpster. This isn’t a horror novel; this was reality in Columbus, Georgia only a few months ago.[1] This child survived because someone intervened in time. Not every story ends that way. Incidents like this are rare enough to shock us, yet common enough to reveal a painful truth: when mothers feel trapped, afraid, or unseen, desperate decisions can follow.
As the proponents of assisted suicide strive to legalize it in Massachusetts, we should take another look at their arguments and the deceptions therein. The battle over assisted suicide and euthanasia is not over; advocates of assisted suicide are not resting. While earnest and engaged Americans are focused on the economy, an upcoming presidential primary, and impending Supreme Court battles over the health insurance mandate and same-sex marriage, the culture of death continues to advance largely unnoticed along a front that some had supposed was dormant
Assisted suicide and euthanasia is a confusing subject. However, this subject will greatly affect future generations as we continue the slide down the slippery slope. Please carefully consider all factors before making a judgment. We have compiled a list of questions that many have asked on this subject and our answers address these provocative questions.
GRTL’s promotion of Personhood includes informing our supporters on ways to uphold and maintain the protection of human lives, including times when your constitutional rights are being infringed. Failure to do so would be irresponsible and a violation of our mission.
The dawn of a new era in IVF is here, and with it, human life is being reduced to that of a test subject. The IVF industry is booming, with little regulation and tech start-ups eager to profit. In fact, it is widely known that the minimal regulations in place “are being relaxed to give clinics more autonomy and less regulatory oversight or accountability when performing IVF.”[1]
Did you know that there are now 11 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., that have legalized the euphemistically named MAID, or medical aid in dying?[1] This is really physician-assisted suicide. The American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics describes physician-assisted suicide as the process where a physician provides “the necessary means and/or information to enable the patient to perform the life-ending act.”[2]
IVF survivor Maddie Broome shares her perspective on the ethics behind in vitro fertilization. I was conceived in a petri dish and survived. On a good day, 30-50% of embryos make it to the implantation stage, also known as the blastocyst stage.[i] Of those embryos that are implanted, 45% flourish into a pregnancy, resulting in a live birth.[ii]Optimistically, a successfully fertilized egg (embryo) has roughly a 13.5-22.5% chance of being born.If I had been just outside that slim percentile,...
Measles, mumps, rubella, polio, rabies, and chicken pox — no one wants their child to contract any of these diseases. Yet, the vaccines manufactured to protect your children from these specific diseases have either been produced with fetal cell lines or tested in a fetal cell line.