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Waters discusses the uncertain legal status of frozen embryos and emerging technologies such as artificial wombs and in vitro gametogenesis. She argues that law should recognize human embryos directly rather than relying on location or method of conception as proxies for protection.
Read →A senior German politician has been forced to resign after entering into a commercial surrogacy arrangement in the United States. In Ireland, he would probably be given a soft interview on The Late Late Show for doing the same thing, because our attitude to surrogacy is probably the most liberal in Europe. The politician, Jens […] The post German politician who quit in surrogacy row would get soft treatment here first appeared on The Iona Institute .
Read →Kyla Simpson’s story has become one of the clearest examples of the legal and ethical failures that can arise in commercial surrogacy. After giving birth to triplet boys for an intended parent in China, Kyla unexpectedly became their full-time caregiver when the intended parent never came to the United States to take custody of the […] The post Why International Commercial Surrogacy is Not Just Another Fertility Service appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Read →This month, the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services held an interim hearing to examine ethical concerns surrounding surrogacy, including the exploitation of women, international surrogacy arrangements, and gaps in existing law. The hearing was convened in response to an interim charge directing lawmakers to study the impact of foreign interests in Texas’s […] The post Jennifer Lahl’s Remarks on Surrogacy before the Texas Senate Committee on Health & Human Services appeared first on The Center for Bioethics & Culture Network .
Read →By Judie Brown More than 30 years ago when American Life League created the iconic sign with the tagline “Face It. Abortion Kills a Person,” we could not fathom the enormity of the growing threat within the fertility industry. Doctors Steptoe and Edwards had been researching and manipulating human embryos in an effort to discover… Read More » PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Dangers of In Vitro Fertilization The post PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Dangers of In Vitro Fertilization appeared first on ALL .
Read →John Grondelski discusses state attorneys general's request for scrutiny of possible environmental effects associated with abortion medication. He argues for further investigation, but the article does not establish that drinking-water exposure causes the harms it raises.
Read →SBA Pro-Life America presents a constitutional argument that unborn children should receive protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. The piece situates personhood arguments within the movement’s post-Dobbs debate over federal and state legal strategy.
Read →Americans United for Life (AUL) is pleased to share the latest issue of our 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 report provides an overview of current litigation trends […] The post AUL’s 2026 Life Litigation Report appeared first on Americans United for Life .
Read →Jesse and Ashley Ridgway made national news recently because of their decision to end the life of their unborn child. The child had been diagnosed in utero with Trisomy 21, known to most Americans as Down Syndrome. For the Ridgways, Down Syndrome was, it seems, not compatible with their other... The post The Extermination of Baby Ridgway appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Commercial surrogacy is banned in China. So Chinese nationals are doing it here instead — and America's permissive surrogacy laws are making it easy.
Read →Bailey writes an imagined letter from an unborn child asking whether the Declaration of Independence's promise of equality includes the youngest human beings. The essay argues that dignity and the right to life should not depend on size, independence, desirability, or future achievements.
Read →What the Supreme Court's decision on birthright citizenship means for cross-border commercial surrogacy, China, and the welfare of women and children
Read →Waters uses an embryo mix-up case to examine the ethical and legal consequences of IVF errors. She argues that children created through reproductive technology have interests in biological identity that should not be reduced to the claims of adults or clinics.
Read →Van Maren reacts to a reported case of euthanasia involving a Dutch child between one and twelve years old. He connects the case to earlier Dutch policies on ending newborns' lives and argues that the expansion crosses a moral boundary.
Read →This week, Judie reflects on the couple who aborted their child because they were told he would have Down syndrome, and she explains that we are called to affirm the life of every human being, without regard to physical or mental condition. The post Pro-Life This Week – June 26, 2026 appeared first on ALL .
Read →The latest Rotunda Hospital annual report contains a deeply troubling finding: three-quarters of babies found to have Down Syndrome via a prenatal test are aborted. This is obviously modern-day eugenics. The report shows that in 2024, the hospital’s Fetal Medicine Department diagnosed 45 unborn babies with Trisomy 21, better known as Down Syndrome, and 32 […] The post Simon Harris was dead wrong to say babies with Down Syndrome would not be aborted first appeared on The Iona Institute .
Read →Waters challenges the claim that IVF is automatically pro-life because it can result in births. She focuses on embryos that are frozen, discarded or genetically selected and argues that pro-life ethics must account for every embryo created.
Read →IVF creates life... so how is IVF not pro-life? Most of us haven't been given the full picture of how IVF actually works.
Read →Van Maren discusses reporting about an Ontario assisted death in which sedation reportedly did not initially have the intended effect. He uses the case to challenge reassuring descriptions of medically assisted death and the language used to describe it.
Read →Contributor: ATTWN Staff Key Takeaways: Today’s culture is one where parents get to decide if their unborn child lives or dies, for any reason or no reason. Lives are either cherished and cultivated or they are discarded and killed. If the unborn baby isn’t perfect or has a disability, some parents believe it’s better to end its life because that ... Read More
Read →On June 3, a debate about the silent genocide of unborn children with Down syndrome exploded on social media. The unlikely catalyst was an X post by YouTube influencer Jesse “McJuggerNuggets” Ridgway. For months, the Ridgways had been producing and posting news of their pregnancy for a massive online audience, including their pregnancy announcement on March 29, [...] The post When Eugenics Goes Viral first appeared on The Bridgehead .
Read →By Judie Brown Living in a world where parents are lauded for killing their preborn son because he might have Down syndrome reminds me of the enormity of the devil’s grip on mankind. Last week, we heard the terrible story of YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife who aborted their child because of a prenatal… Read More » The Ape of God The post The Ape of God appeared first on ALL .
Read →This week, Judie reflects on the couple who aborted their child because they were told he would have Down syndrome, and she explains that we are called to affirm the life of every human being, without regard to physical or mental condition. The post Pro-Life This Week – June 12, 2026 appeared first on ALL .
Read →Van Maren responds to an influencer couple's public account of choosing abortion after a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. He criticizes disability-selective abortion and highlights responses from people describing the value of relatives with Down syndrome.
Read →The internet has been struck with horror after YouTuber Jesse Ridgway announced that he and his wife aborted the child whose pregnancy they were documenting online — all because their preborn baby may have had Down syndrome. Ridgway, who goes by the username “McJuggerNuggets” online, announced in March that he and his wife Ashley were having a baby. The YouTuber used issues in the pregnancy as clickbait in a YouTube video titled, “We Received Devastating News… *PSYCHO UPDATE*” ... Read More The post HORRIFYING: YouTuber Jesse Ridgway Aborted His Baby for Having Down Syndrome appeared first on
Read →Waters examines falling birth rates alongside the growth of IVF and fertility technology. She argues for a pro-life approach that addresses underlying infertility while scrutinizing embryo creation, loss and industry incentives.
Read →I beg the indulgence of my prolife readers as I navigate some twists of Christian theology to make a point about our shared affirmation of the personhood of the child in the womb. All Christians observe some form of celebration of “the Lord’s Supper,” what looks like a sharing of bread... The post More Than a Clump of Cells appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgeway announced last week that he and his wife decided to abort their unborn baby with Down syndrome. “This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21. The choice was not made lightly,” he said in a post on X. “I... The post YouTuber and Wife Face Backlash For Aborting Down Syndrome Baby appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →On June 3, a debate about the silent genocide of unborn children with Down syndrome exploded on social media. The unlikely catalyst was an X post by YouTube influencer... The post When Eugenics Goes Viral appeared first on First Things .
Read →The utilitarian bioethicist Peter Singer opposes human exceptionalism. Indeed, he contends that being human is irrelevant to determining moral value. What counts are capacities and the ability to suffer. Singer advocates using the term “person” to identify individuals with the highest moral value. Since he believes that personhood is based on capacities, some humans are not persons — the unborn, infants, the profoundly cognitively disabled — while some animals are. This means that those animals matter more morally than the vulnerable humans he so casually depersonalizes. It is thus unsurprisin
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