With a woman at look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point.

Italian lawmakers are considering a bill that if pass would prevent citizens from traveling

abroad for surrogacy.

Critics call the bill discriminatory and retrograde, but restricting surrogacy protects women

and children from exploitation.

Many think of surrogacy as a lifeline for infertile marriages and an option for women

who face health risk and pregnancy.

However, surrogacy further fuels the erosion of family by separating children from their

biological parents, and further divorcing the inherent connection between sex marriage

and babies.

And most places where surrogacy is legal, it lacks significant restrictions, which inevitably

leads to exploitation of poor and otherwise vulnerable women.

Commercial interests are almost always involved, whether explicitly or implicitly, and that leads

to the commodification and destruction of human life.

The desire for children is good and natural, but neither lives nor families should be

purchased, their gifts of God to be cherished and protected.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point.