Audio: Genetic Engineering and Adoptee Rights

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I was on the radio with Mike Allen this morning talking about CRISPR-mania in China and the rights of adopted children. Click the play buttons below to listen. http://www.reflectionsofaparalytic.com/audio/Mike-Allen-2015-11-24-1.mp3 http://www.reflectionsofaparalytic.com/audio/Mike-Allen-2015-11-24-2.mp3 November is National Adoption Month, and while Adoption is such a wonderful thing for so many individuals, that doesn’t mean it is without consequence. Like so many donor-conceived children, adopted … Read More

Third Party Reproduction vs. Adoption

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When I re-posted this graphic from the Center for Bioethics and Culture (using data from this study) on Facebook someone objected to it, concerned that something like that might be harmful to her adopted son if he ever came across it. Causing him to feel shame since his parents had to pay money, as well. I understand her concern, especially … Read More

Welcoming the Unborn “Stranger” Among Us

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“For I was a stranger…and you welcomed me.” An excerpt from When Did We See You, Lord, by Bishop Robert Baker and the late Fr. Benedict Groeschel, fitting for the Fall 40 Days for Life Campaign currently underway: Recent Issues of both Time and Newsweek seem to point to a majority of Americans finally coming around to realize that life … Read More

Wow! Young Woman is Adoptive Mother of 14 Ugandan Orphans!

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Alright, this is a nice contrast to the freaking weird story I posted earlier about a virgin who is the father of 14 children via sperm donation. Katie Davis is the mother of 14 Ugandan orphans…and she’s only 23! After high school, Katie left home to do a year long mission trip to Uganda before college. Now she lives there … Read More

The Clarity of Clare

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Dear readers, please head over to CatholicLane and read my good friend Bill Donaghy’s touching account of how he and his wife Rebecca adopted their daughter Clare, whose mother almost aborted her: Every parent should consider their child a gift and a miracle, because every human life is an unrepeatable, absolutely incredible, physical manifestation of God’s image and His love … Read More

Every Child Deserves a Chance at Greatness

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I’m loving this piece at the Washington Times from last month on Abortion, Adoption, and Steve Jobs. Author John Paul Cassil uses Jobs’ own words from a 2005 Stanford University commencement address describing his humble beginnings: “It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for … Read More

Music for Your Monday: a Pro-Adoption Rap

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Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels and Sarah McLachlan, both adopted, sing “to every life and every soul that has been touched by the reality of the experience of adoption” (h/t Jen) The girl gave birth to a baby boy He’s not a burden, he’s a bundle of joy She was just a young girl in her youth And her parents tried real … Read More

Spiritual Adoption

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We all know that a visible, prayerful presence outside abortion facilities can help change the mind of abortion minded women and save lives. But even if you don’t have time to stand outside your local abortion facility or don’t have a nearby abortion facility to pray in front of, you can still help save a life (h/t to my friend … Read More

The Most Pro-Life Man On the Planet?

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If there was an award for it I think I’d nominate Tong Phuoc Phuc as the most pro-life man on the face of the planet. This is incredible:

Welcoming Clare

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You know how pro-aborts love to tell pro-lifers that, if we’re soooo “pro-life”, we should offer to adopt so-called “unwanted” babies who would otherwise be aborted? Well, Bill and Rebecca Donaghy have done just that: Clare is not their only adopted child. Their son, that super cute little boy you see in the video with them, was also adopted. I … Read More