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The Lila Rose Show

E39: The Truth about IVF, Surrogacy and Adoption w/ Katy Faust

The Lila Rose Show

Lila Rose

Society & Culture

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Is surrogacy ethical? What about IVF? And how are these reproductive technologies morally different from adoption? I discuss with Katy Faust, children's rights advocate and founder of Them Before Us, about the ethical challenges with Big Fertility, and the just and pro-child response. Check out Them Before Us here: https://thembeforeus.com Katy's twitter: https://twitter.com/Advo_Katy Support The Lila Rose Podcast at: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LilaRose865 Subscribe to my channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LilaRosePodcast Follow me at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/lilagracerose Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lilagracerose Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilaroseofficial Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilar

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0:00.0

IVF is not about babies. IVF is about on-demand designer babies shipped worldwide.

0:05.0

What is the rule for children's rights? There is one rule.

0:07.5

Rule is adults do hard things for kids. If you are forcing a child to sacrifice for you,

0:13.0

you are violating the rights of the child, and that is where every adult should stand in the way.

0:17.3

One of the most painful things in a child's life is if they've lost their mom or dad.

0:21.6

Cerragacy splices what should be one woman, a mother, into three purchasable and optional women.

0:31.4

So excited today to have on Katie Faust on the podcast, who is the founder of the organization

0:36.6

Dem Before Us and the author of the book Them Before Us, and has done some amazingly important work

0:42.2

on children's rights, which don't get talked about enough. And we're going to deep dive this,

0:48.8

we're going to go through some controversial topics. Obviously the fight for life abortion,

0:54.5

where adults, desires, and needs are usually put before children in killing them.

0:59.7

But then also when it comes to IVF and Cerragacy, reproductive technologies, and even what is the

1:05.4

ethical approach to adoption. So so excited to have you on Katie thanks for joining the podcast.

1:10.9

It is my pleasure. It's my joy. It's very nice to have a chance to have a conversation with you

1:16.2

with a few friends. So Katie, tell me a little bit more about your background and about them

1:21.0

before us. Katie Faust background. I used to work at the largest Chinese adoption agency in the

1:29.9

world after my husband and I got married. So I've had a heart for kids for a long, long time.

1:35.3

My husband and I have been doing youth ministry and now he is the senior pastor of our church.

1:39.7

We live in Seattle. We've got four incredible teenagers. I'm very passionate about like

1:45.7

parenting and marriage and all of that. But I'm super agreeable. Very very nice. Like to keep my

1:52.8

friends. Don't like to confront unless, unless you tread on the rights of children, unless an adult

2:00.4

starts asking a child to sacrifice their rights and well-being so adults can live as they please.

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