Babies are people, not things. With the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with The Point.

In a recent interview with today, one actress revealed that she paid a surrogate to carry twin boys for her

because to be pregnant herself would jeopardize her career. Often arguments for surrogacy paint

pictures of childless couples yearning to be parents. But even that sad situation doesn't justify

taking a baby from the body that

bore him or her. The real stories of surrogacy often look more like this one, the wealthy,

paying underprivileged women to bear their babies so as not to interfere with what they want.

At least this actress was honest, she paid a surrogate because, quote, she was terrified

of putting my life on hold for two years. Even aside from surrogacy's inherent exploitation of women and babies, this kind of story

raises an important question. What exactly does our culture think parenting is?

Parenting involves laying down our lives for our children for a whole lot of years.

Children are human beings with their own inherent rights and dignity, including the right

to their mom and dad.

I'm John Stone Street.