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A new approach to fertility care
May 25, 2026 WORLD

A new approach to fertility care

Why restorative reproductive medicine — treating the underlying causes of infertility rather than bypassing them — offers a more humane and often more effective path than an IVF-first model.

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Switched at implantation
Feb 8, 2026 WORLD

Switched at implantation

When a fertility clinic implants the wrong embryo, the tragedy exposes a deeper problem: as long as children are treated as contracts and embryos as property, these mix-ups will continue.

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The dark world of custom-ordered children
Jan 13, 2026 WORLD

The dark world of custom-ordered children

Embryo-screening startups promise to make having a child as simple as scrolling an app — remaking children into products to be optimized rather than persons to be received.

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The Wealthy Chinese Buying Babies and American Citizenship
Dec 22, 2025 First Things

The Wealthy Chinese Buying Babies and American Citizenship

Ultra-wealthy foreign nationals are using U.S. commercial surrogacy to have children and secure American citizenship for them — exploiting women and treating children as commodities.

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The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis
Nov 3, 2025 First Things

The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis

A California case involving 21 children exposes how the U.S. commercial surrogacy industry commodifies women and children without adequate legal safeguards.

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Treating the root causes of infertility
Oct 18, 2025 WORLD

Treating the root causes of infertility

Real fertility care should diagnose and treat the root causes of infertility — endometriosis, PCOS, and metabolic disorders — rather than defaulting straight to IVF.

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The Pronatalism of Silicon Valley
Aug 13, 2024 Public Discourse

The Pronatalism of Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley's selective pronatalism, with its focus on genetic optimization, risks treating children as luxury commodities rather than gifts received within the family.

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Birth Control, IVF, Feminism, and the Population Crisis Destroying the West
May 5, 2024 Flyover Conservatives Show

Birth Control, IVF, Feminism, and the Population Crisis Destroying the West

Emma Waters joins the Flyover Conservatives Show to discuss declining birth rates, and how birth control, abortion, feminism, and infertility have shaped the West's demographic crisis.

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