Ep 825 | Dystopia Update: Synthetic Embryos, Frozen Brothers & Rented Wombs | Guest: Libby Emmons

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Today we’re joined by Libby Emmons, editor in chief of the the The Post Millennial, to discuss more stories from IVF and surrogacy dystopia. First, we cover the first-ever creation of synthetic human embryos using stem cells in what scientists from the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology call a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm. This obviously raises endless ethical and existential questions about humanity and purpose, and we look at some of the many problems that could arise from such "advances." We look at a TikTok of an adult born from IVF who claims she's curious about gestating her "twin," as well as all the questions that come along with that. With the advancement of technology in reproduction, the question is no longer "can we?" but "should we?" We cover a few other horrifying stories of surrogacy and IVF, which all show the truth that the goal tends to be adult personal desire rather than the well-being of the created children. We look again at the difference between surrogacy/IVF and adoption, which are often wrongly conflated. Then we discuss a study indicating an increase in women going through IVF in hopes of purposely becoming single mothers and look at the many cases of surrogacy eliminating bodily autonomy despite abortion activists being so pro-surrogacy. --- Timecodes: (01:17) Creating synthetic human embryos (24:29) How to address these issues societally (29:30) Grown-up IVF baby wants to implant brother (43:10) Difference between surrogacy/IVF and adoption (45:09) Single mothers on purpose / sperm selling (54:25) “Maternity” surrogate photo shoot (01:00:23) Lance Bass --- Today's Sponsors: EdenPURE — when you buy one Thunderstorm you get one FREE, this week only! Go to EdenPureDeals.com, use promo code 'ALLIE'! PublicSq. — download the PublicSq app from the App Store or Google Play, create a free account, and begin your search for freedom-loving businesses! My Patriot Supply — prepare yourself for anything with long-term emergency food storage. Get $200 of survival gear when you buy a Four-Month Emergency Food Kit when you go to MyPatriotSupply.com. Brave Books — go to BraveBooks.com and get BRAVE’s newest book free when you subscribe to their Freedom Island Book Club! Use code ALLIE to get a FREE book and 20% off your subscription. --- Links: The Guardian: "Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/14/synthetic-human-embryos-created-in-groundbreaking-advance Daily Mail: "Rise of the single mother: Number seeking to get pregnant through IVF soars 44% in wake of Covid - amid boom in egg-freezing rates" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12210919/Number-single-women-trying-pregnant-IVF-soars-44.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 756 | Dystopia Update: Brain-Dead Surrogates? | Guest: Libby Emmons https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-756-dystopia-update-brain-dead-surrogates-guest/id1359249098?i=1000600051865 Ep 554 | IVF, Embryo Adoption, & Surrogacy: Answering the Hard Questions | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-554-ivf-embryo-adoption-surrogacy-answering-the/id1359249098?i=1000549207733 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.2	Last week, scientists from the University of Cambridge and Caltech announced that they have created
1:05.8	synthetic human embryos. What are these creatures? What are the ethical and moral implications of a
1:12.7	creation like this? Today, Libby Immens, my guest, the editor in chief for the post-millennial,
1:20.4	will analyze the ethics behind not only a development like this, but reproductive technology in general.
1:29.2	We've got several stories that demonstrate how dystopian we are getting when it comes to
1:35.3	the creation, the reproduction, the gestation of human beings. These are existential,
1:43.2	fundamental questions, issues that Christians must have an answer for and think through
1:50.4	thoroughly and biblically. Absolutely fascinating conversation with Libby that I know you guys
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2:15.7	Libby, thanks so much for joining us again. Love having you last time. Everyone loved it.
2:21.1	So I wanted to have you back to talk about all these dystopian reproductive crazy stories.
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