The Right of Identity
The one resolution originating from the Diocese of Albany to go before the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church will be the one titled “A Right to Human Identity” sponsored by the Rev. Mark...
View ArticleBad for Women and Children: The New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act
by Jennifer Lahl, CBC Network The New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act is currently under consideration in the state’s legislature (S1599/ A2646) and would authorize gestational carrier...
View ArticleRich People FedEx Embryos to Women in India for Cheap Surrogacy
by Rebecca Taylor, LifeNews.com The Church has always rejected surrogacy and for very good reason. It objectifies both the woman whose womb has been rented and the child for whom a contract has been...
View ArticleMy Three Daddies: California Eyes Multiple Parenting Law
More craziness from California: California, the battleground state for the arguments for and against same-sex marriage, is now considering an unconventional law that would allow children to be legally...
View ArticleThe Surrogate Uterus: The AGR Case and Melissa Brisman
by Harold Cassidy September 7, 2012 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/09/6216 The question of surrogacy has always been more about us than about the participants in the relationship. Will we use...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Surrogacy
by Kristin Rudolph Surrogacy is not an issue that comes to the average Christian’s mind when discussing the dignity and sanctity of human life. But Russell Moore, the new president of the Ethics and...
View ArticleA toxic combination: paedophiles, baby farms, and same-sex marriage
by Michael Cook The conviction of a gay couple who lived in Australia and the United States for trafficking their adopted surrogate baby and using him to make paedophile pornography ought to provoke...
View ArticleBeing and Being Bought
A new feminist book sees both prostitution and surrogacy as anti-woman. by Pauline Cooper-Ioelu The mantra “my body, my choice” has a long association with radical feminism. The term has become...
View ArticleDorothy, We’re Not in Kansas Any More
by Jennifer Lahl Legislative battles are heating up across the United States on the issues of surrogacy contracts and the regulation of assisted reproduction. If we are truly concerned for the welfare...
View ArticleExpendable mothers
The surrogacy industry treats women like disposable commodities. Melinda Tankard Reist Adelaide couple Mark and Matt, both 29, have acquired Thai-designed newborns Tate and Estelle through...
View ArticleWoman Flees State to Protect Child In Her Womb
by Mark Horne This sounds like something out of a dystopian science fiction novel. A married couple wanted to have a baby but the wife could not carry a child to term. So they recruited and hired a...
View ArticleA Very Busy Season
Recently @ CBC-Network.org by Jennifer Lahl, CBC President We are in a very busy season here at the CBC. I am traveling extensively, showing Breeders and Eggsploitation, speaking on surrogacy and egg...
View ArticleThe Equality Battering Ram
Brendan Eich has just resigned as CEO of Mozilla, maker of one of the most popular web browsers. He made a $1,000 donation to Proposition 8, back in 2008, an insubstantial sum really, to a campaign...
View ArticleNews and Views on Surrogacy
from Jennifer Lahl, CBC Network While we were making our latest documentary film, Breeders: A Subclass of Women?, we knew that it was well timed as surrogacy is becoming an increasingly pressing topic....
View ArticleSurrogate motherhood creates an ethical minefield
A gay couple’s government-funded IVF twins have created a storm of controversy in Canada. by Margaret Somerville The announcement by Quebec radio host Joel Legendre that, later this summer, he and his...
View ArticleJennifer Lahl Interviewed by Human Life Review
by The Center for Bioethics and Culture Ms. Lahl discussed her film and surrogacy with Human Life Review’s John Grondelski. The last time surrogacy was in the mainstream media, Bill and Elizabeth Stern...
View ArticleSurrogacy’s Strange Bedfellows
Parenthood At Any Price by Christopher White What kind of culture war issue could ally Catholics and feminists against Evangelicals and gay rights advocates? Meet the “gestational carrier” for hire. As...
View ArticleAn Exclusive Interview with a Surrogate Mother
by Jennifer Lahl, CBC President The following is an interview I did with a surrogate after she saw our film Breeders: A Subclass of Women? LAHL: You were a surrogate for your sister and you’ve written...
View ArticleFilm Puts Surrogacy Under Examination As Legislation Is Debated Nationwide
by The Center for Bioethics and Culture Producers Of Breeders: A Subclass of Women? to Hold Special Screenings In New York City & Washington, D.C. PLEASANT HILL, Calif., June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —...
View ArticleSurrogate Asked to Abort and Sex Select
By Wesley J. Smith I am not a fan of surrogate mothering. I am particularly opposed to commercial surrogacy, as it reduces gestation to a matter of breeding and can, in particular, lead to the profound...
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