Mothers and fathers have become ‘optional’ in parenthood

Apr 13, 2024 by Jill

by Tony Rucinski, Coalition for Marriage:

Katy Faust is an international advocate for real marriage and the rights of children. She tells me how redefining marriage is driving a thriving ‘fertility marketplace’ for “custom-ordered intentionally motherless children”. She explains why this issue is so important and what safeguards now need to be put in place. You can listen to our discussion here:

Katy highlights the unintended consequences of redefining marriage, particularly its impact on the institution of parenthood: “Once husbands and wives become optional in marriage, mothers and fathers become optional in parenthood”. She explains how the shift towards a framework of intent, rather than biology or adoption, now establishes parental rights. Anyone with enough money, she says, can use surrogacy to “acquire any kind of child without any kind of scrutiny”.

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