4 ways commercial #surrogacy violates the rights and well-being of children. 1. Commodification 2. Intentionally broken families 3. Motherlessness 4. Mental and emotional trauma
"Best practice in adoption makes every effort to keep the child w her birth parents, then carefully screens intended parents. Surrogacy inverts that- it intentionally separates children from their birth mother & conducts no vetting of intended parents."
“Unlike adoption, which functions as an institution to protect children’s needs, commercial surrogacy functions as a market to meet the desires of adults.”
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The Conservative, Pro-Life Case Against Surrogacy 🧵
First, surrogacy critique must stem from defending the child. Bioethics and feminist opposition is strong, but can fall flat when all parties — the egg seller, surrogate, and commissioning parents — all love and consent to the arrangement.
A conservative position rejects surrogacy based on the self-evident, natural rights of the child:
• Right to life
• Right to their mother and father
• Right to be born free and not bought and sold.
The child never consent to the intentional loss of his or her mother.
But here’s what they skip: his parents spent 16 years in a bitter custody battle, his mom abducted him to Norway, and he changed his name to escape it all.
Broken homes are the common thread in mass shooters. 🧵
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My husband and I have been in ministry since college—three decades of walking with families. In that time, we’ve observed and helped parents navigate the gut-wrenching moment when they discover their child—often their daughter—has been touched by an older boy.
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Sometimes the child tells the parents. Sometimes they find out another way. The universal response is guilt, anger, and fear that their child will be scarred for life. The stakes feel high.
After consulting with several child psychologists, this is what we now tell parents.
They fought abuse, ended deadly customs, and transformed entire cultures to protect the vulnerable.
Here’s a thread of Christians who changed history by protecting children. And how kids are victimized today.🧵
2/ Amy Carmichael rescued thousands of girls from temple prostitution in India. She founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a safe home and school that gave these children dignity, education, and a future.
3/ Mary Slessor saved hundreds of twins in Nigeria from being killed due to tribal superstition. She adopted many, raised them as her own, and helped change local attitudes toward children and women.