Category: Reproductive Technology

Bioethics 2016: Winners and Losers
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Bioethics 2016: Winners and Losers

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by on Jan 13, 2017 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Each year at this time we look back over the past twelve months with an eye toward identifying those whose lives and work actively promoted and affirmed a truly human future, and those who did not. Winners: Stephanie Packer is more than a winner; she really is a hero. Sitting down with her while making […]

The Beauty of Sacramental Love
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The Beauty of Sacramental Love

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by on Dec 23, 2016 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Marriage, Reproductive Technology
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While preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ this year, we must also think about the wonderful blessings that Joseph and Mary experienced when God chose them to be the parents of His Son. Mary, who was conceived without original sin, and Joseph, who was vowed to Mary’s virginity and to his role […]

Europe Rejects Legalization of Surrogacy to Protect Children’s Rights
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Europe Rejects Legalization of Surrogacy to Protect Children’s Rights

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by on Oct 20, 2016 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Last Tuesday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rejected an attempt to legalize surrogacy throughout Europe. By a narrow majority, the representatives of the 47 Member States rejected a recommendation aimed at regulating the selling of female gametes and renting of women’s wombs. This was the third attempt to normalize surrogacy by […]

UN Event Shows How Sexual Agenda Tramples Children’s Rights
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UN Event Shows How Sexual Agenda Tramples Children’s Rights

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by on Oct 14, 2016 in Featured, Reproductive Technology, The Homosexual Agenda
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That all children have a mother and a father is a biological fact.  That they have a right to know and be raised by their parents, where possible, is enshrined in the UN’s most widely ratified human rights treaty.  A UN event last week highlighted how those rights are undermined by efforts to redefine the […]

Why Everyone Should Oppose Surrogacy
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Why Everyone Should Oppose Surrogacy

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by on Jun 01, 2016 in Catholic Bioethics, Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Reproductive Technology, Women
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I am an outspoken critic of gestational surrogacy, in which the gestational mother carries a child to term for another person or couple. I have noticed that many people do not understand the stakes in this issue. Pro-life people think, “Gosh, surrogacy makes babies, how can that be bad?” Feminists think, “Gosh, surrogacy allows people […]

Wounded Vets Don’t Need Taxpayer Funded IVF
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Wounded Vets Don’t Need Taxpayer Funded IVF

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by on May 16, 2016 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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I’ll be in DC this week for a bunch of meetings, mostly speaking with people about a bill that provides $3.4 billion in additional care for vets. I am involved because the bill currently includes an amendment to provide IVF benefits to wounded vets. These sorts of policy battles always start out with a rough […]

In an Industry that Makes People, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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In an Industry that Makes People, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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by on Apr 28, 2016 in Catholic Bioethics, Featured, Parenting, Reproductive Technology, The Homosexual Agenda
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Sperm donation, egg donation and surrogacy: Third party reproduction seems to be a “done deal” in Western society. Even ardently pro-life people do not seem to see the problems. Hey, these techniques are making babies, not killing them. So what could possibly go wrong? A lot of things can go very wrong. Let me describe […]

The Great Unaddressed Human Rights Issue of Our Day
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The Great Unaddressed Human Rights Issue of Our Day

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by on Apr 07, 2016 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Moments after speaking before a sea of families in Rome about the dangers of commercial surrogacy, an Italian reporter asked why I was being so vocal in a country where it is already illegal. Isn’t that like preaching to the choir, she wondered? While the notion of speaking to hundreds of thousands of people who […]

European Surrogacy Market Suffers Setback
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European Surrogacy Market Suffers Setback

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by on Mar 16, 2016 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Yesterday, the Council of Europe rejected a report on surrogacy that proposed regulation of the practice rather than a full ban. This is excellent news for those of us who have been campaigning for so long to Stop Surrogacy Now in all forms and in all places. This comes at a time where Europe is […]

Surrogacy's Incredibly Dark Side
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Surrogacy’s Incredibly Dark Side

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by on Mar 04, 2016 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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The hidden camera footage reveals the Indian restaurant is crowded, and the ambient noise of fellow diners all around makes it hard to hear. But Gianna Toboni, an investigative reporter from HBO’s documentary show VICE, slowly begins to understand what is being offered to her by a woman sitting across the table. Toboni is in India to […]

Techno-Babies
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Techno-Babies

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by on Dec 11, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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David and Melissa Pineda wanted desperately to have another child. In 2013 the couple went to Dr. Rifaat Salem for an IVF treatment that they hoped would give them their fourth child. But what happened soon after nearly broke their hearts. They found out later that Salem allegedly discovered that he had “mistakenl?y implanted” embryos […]

It’s Time to Become Pro-Life 3.0
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It’s Time to Become Pro-Life 3.0

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by on Dec 03, 2015 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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For the last few years, scientists have been warning us that genetically modified children are just over the horizon. Rumors have been flying around that laboratories are already using a revolutionary new gene-editing technique called CRISPR to try to change the genes of human embryos. Advanced gene-editing techniques like CRISPR hold great promise for treating […]

Cultural Imperialism and the Indian Surrogacy Ban
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Cultural Imperialism and the Indian Surrogacy Ban

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by on Nov 23, 2015 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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I can’t help but read many of the articles related to the Indian government’s recent ban on commercial international surrogacy with a certain amount of irony. “The move has dismayed childless couples worldwide,” noted one article in The Telegraph. Others referred to “the panic” caused by the decision. Another noted that this ban would lead […]

Sperm Donation: A Seedy Enterprise
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Sperm Donation: A Seedy Enterprise

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by on Oct 26, 2015 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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In 2011, Yale sociologist Rene Almeling published Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm, a fascinating book that details how sperm and egg banks do business. Of particular interest are the different ways potential sperm and egg donors are marketed to during the recruitment process. Egg donors are told they are “an angel” […]

Secret Confessions of Surrogate Mothers
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Secret Confessions of Surrogate Mothers

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by on Sep 29, 2015 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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The Catholic Church is perceived to be anti-science. That perception is completely false, of course. The Church is one of the few institutions left that actually looks at human biology and acknowledges the facts. And I am not just talking about the fact that a new genetically distinct human organism is created when fertilization is […]

Another Modern Family Mess
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Another Modern Family Mess

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by on Sep 03, 2015 in Featured, Law & Justice, Reproductive Technology, The Homosexual Agenda
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Since the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing for gay marriage in all fifty states, we’ve spent a lot of time warning you about the new push for the false idea of “family equality.” Proponents of this idea hold that all couples have an equal right to children. Earlier this week, a New York Post columnist […]

The Birds and the Bees and Children’s Literature
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The Birds and the Bees and Children’s Literature

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by on Aug 19, 2015 in Featured, On Books, Reproductive Technology
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When my children were younger we spent a lot of time at our local public library. We went to the weekly story time and the annual fairs, joined the summer reading programs to win prizes for books read, and spent a lot of time sitting on rugs and tiny chairs reading, reading, and reading. It’s […]

The Playgrounds of War I
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About an Unwanted Boy

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by on Jun 29, 2015 in Featured, Reproductive Technology, Those in Need
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I’ve just watched an in depth report about a baby boy born via surrogacy in India on November 12, 2012, and left behind by his Australian parents. This tragic story highlights the dirty side of buying and selling and trafficking in children, the complicity of government officials, and the corrupt $500 million per year surrogacy […]

Science Run Amok
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Science Run Amok

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by on May 07, 2015 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Sometimes reports impacting respect for the dignity of the human person appear to have been written by Rod Serling, creator of the 1950’s television series The Twilight Zone. For example, in China it is reported that scientists are editing the genomes of human embryos. The research has been roundly criticized by Marcy Darnovsky of the […]

When Child Custody Battles Move to the Lab
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When Child Custody Battles Move to the Lab

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by on Apr 30, 2015 in Featured, Parenting, Reproductive Technology
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I have to confess, I hadn’t heard of Sofia Vergara or her ex-fiance, Nick Loeb, until the frozen embryo custody battle broke in the news. For those, like me, who aren’t familiar with these two, Vergara is an actress, mostly known for her role in the TV show Modern Family, and Loeb is a businessman […]

Egg Trafficking and Rented Wombs: UN Learns How Not to Make Babies
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Egg Trafficking and Rented Wombs: UN Learns How Not to Make Babies

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by on Mar 20, 2015 in Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Every seat in the UN auditorium was filled, with a waiting line outside, to hear about making babies. “Online baby making, buying and selling eggs, renting wombs,” said Jennifer Lahl. “We no longer beget our children, we make our children, we build our families.” Lahl is a pediatric nurse turned film director. Her documentaries explore […]

Silence on Three-Parent Embryos is Deafening
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Silence on Three-Parent Embryos is Deafening

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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I will be honest. I am tired. I am angry. I am frustrated. This is likely an uncharacteristically emotional post because, after nearly a decade of writing about biotechnology, I am uncharacteristically horrified. The UK has officially approved the creation of embryos with three genetic parents, and babies created with this technique are likely to […]

Four Things You Can Do To Help Stop the Creation of Genetically-Modified Kids
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Four Things You Can Do To Help Stop the Creation of Genetically-Modified Kids

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by on Feb 20, 2015 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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At a time when more and more people are becoming wary of generically-modified foods in their diet, the United Kingdom is poised to begin creating genetically-modified children with the genetic material of three people, two women and one man; a genetic combination that could not occur naturally.And the way the UK goes, the United States […]

Human Dignity Exterminated in Frankenstein's Kitchen
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Human Dignity Exterminated in Frankenstein’s Kitchen

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by on Feb 04, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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Dignity is a word that is creating a stir in some philosophical circles, and for the life of me, I cannot understand why. For example, one writer tells his readers that “Dignity 1.0, the older conception shared by Christians, natural law theorists and others, refers to the idea that humans have ‘inherent worth of immeasurable […]