We’ve seen this before.
When Dave Rubin announced his surrogate pregnancies and Elon Musk had a baby with Ashley St. John, gone were the "kids need a mom and dad," and "marriage matters" sentiments that many of these conservatives promote. wng.org/opinions/the-c…
The worst part is, our youngest voters have seen the harm of progressivism and
are swinging hard toward the traditional on gender, family, and sex.
Zoomers are extreme when it comes to embracing conservative morals.
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.