Venus Rising with Lexi from Stop Surrogacy Now UK
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You Helped Stop A Surrogate Pregnancy
In the midst of countless legislative efforts backed by heavily funded messaging campaigns that oppose our efforts, it can sometimes be difficult to quantify our impact or pause to celebrate our accomplishments. Then we receive...
Read MoreCelebrating the Past Year as We Look Forward to the Next
It’s been said that winter isn’t a season, but rather a celebration. We’ll admit, we aren’t really big fans of the cold and dreary weather that accompanies winter, but we love the celebration that winter beholds. Maybe Aristotle...
Read MoreFilm Review: “Intended Parents”
In our global fight against commercial surrogacy, we routinely find ourselves up against skillfully executed propaganda pieces that tug at the heartstrings and obscure objectivity, causing people to think that the ends justify...
Read MoreVenus Rising with Jennifer Block: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution
Welcome back to Venus Rising, now available on Spotify, iTunes, and Podomatic.! Today we have award winning independent journalist and author Jennifer Block on the show. We will be talking with Jennifer...
Read MoreWhen Giving the Gift of Life Costs You Your Life
Due to the advocacy and educational work I do around the medical, ethical, and legal risks involved in surrogate pregnancies, I was recently alerted that another U.S. gestational surrogate died. Lydia Cox died July 18, 2021, at...
Read MoreHow Today’s Healthcare System is Failing Women
Welcome back to Venus Rising. Today’s guest is Jasmine Esmay, a Registered Nurse Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics with over 20 years of frontline healthcare experience. Jasmine is also a Certified Lactation...
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Surrogacy
We are quickly approaching the second anniversary of what was the start of a virus that has wrecked our mental and physical health, invaded our safety and comfort, ruined our economy and personal finances, and forever impacted...
Read MoreMy Surrogacy Nightmare: Toni’s Story
On today’s episode of Venus Rising, Kallie sits down with the fearless advocate, Toni Bare. In 2016 Toni agreed to be a gestational surrogate for a couple with hopes that she would make enough money to...
Read MoreThe Rarity of Twin Adoption Versus the Reality of Surrogacy
As former U.S. presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten Glezman Buttigieg released a photo of themselves holding their new twins, Penelope Rose, and Joseph August Buttigieg, social media lit up with comments...
Read MoreSurrogacy Wreaked Havoc On My Health
Hello and welcome back to Venus Rising Season THREE, now available on Spotify, iTunes, and Podomatic. We have so many wonderful guests lined up for this season. Before introducing someone new, we decided to...
Read MoreAre Our Children a Means to an End?
I recently read a fascinating ethics consult about the topic of savior siblings. A savior sibling refers to the creation of a genetically matched embryo that will be implanted, and after birth used to be the savior of...
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