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A New York Times Story, “They Started IVF, Then Split. Now Who Gets Custody of the Embryos?”- Katy Faust, 5/26/26 (1463)

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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0:00.0

What so many laity in the church don't realize is that they have been targeted by organizations

0:06.5

and front groups that look like they are normal Christian organizations, but these are actually

0:13.0

astroturfed groups. Megan Basham of the Daily Wire talking about her presentation at this year's

0:18.6

issues, et cetera, making the case conference.

0:21.4

They are trying to move Christians on issues that are biblically debatable, some things like

0:27.3

climate change or what our immigration policy should be, but then also even on issues that are

0:32.1

not biblically debatable, marriage and the family, the roles of men and women, even gender and what God tells us about how we were made, male and female.

0:42.5

You can meet and hear Megan Basham making the case against progressive influence in the church at the 2026 issues, etc., making the case conference.

0:51.0

Making the case is Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago.

0:56.9

Find out more and register at Issuesetc.org.

1:17.4

Sometimes a story in the New York Times kind of unwittingly tells on the culture

1:21.2

trying to tell a story of loss and grief and divorce

1:25.2

it ends up telling the story of what's become of marriage

1:29.5

childbirth and well just plain old romantic love in this wake of the sexual

1:37.0

revolution I know they weren't intending to do it but boy did they the New York

1:42.4

Times headline they started IVF then split now who gets custody of the embryos.

1:48.1

Katie Faust joins us to talk about this story. She's a married mother of four children in Seattle, founder and director of the children's rights organization, then before us,

1:56.1

leader of the greater than campaign and editor and author of a chapter in the book Pro Child Politics.

2:03.4

Katie, welcome back.

2:05.0

Thanks for having me, Todd.

2:06.4

How does this story kind of all in one epitomize the sour fruits of the sexual revolution?

2:12.9

It's a pretty good encapsulation of how the sexual revolution separated sex from marriage from babies.

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