We're in a fight right now for the future of Western civilization and for the preservation of free speech.

And I view all of my commentary work and all of my interests in the American political system through that lens.

CNN political analyst Scott Jennings talking about his presentation at this year's issues, etc., making the case conference.

We have to preserve Western civilization. We have to preserve Western civilization.

We have to preserve free speech.

And I think most issues and most politics comes down to those two fundamental issues.

I think it's good for audiences to have their bubbles popped.

I think it's all too easy in American political culture right now

to get yourself in a silo or in a bubble where only the

information that you want to hear that confirms your priors is what you see. And I think it's detrimental

to the average citizen to be stuck in a silo or a bubble like that. You can meet and hear Scott Jennings

at the 2025 making the case conference Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago.

Find out more at issuesetc.org.

We know that in fetization is big business, really, really big business.

There's a related industry, the surrogacy industry, and both of these are rife for abuse.

Does that mean that as long as they're legal, they're right?

And how do these two things? Surrogacy and in vitro fertilization affect children,

especially the children who are produced thereby.

Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about the conviction of a surrogacy racketeering ring

leader, Katie Faust, a married mother of four children in Seattle, founder and director of the

Children's Rights Organization, Them Before Us, author and editor of a chapter in the book Pro Child

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