Federal law prohibits sex-offenders from adopting children, but the law does not address commercial surrogacy contracts.
Last year, news outlets reported that a sex-offender convicted of crimes involving children was able to obtain a child through surrogacy in Pennsylvania as a result of loopholes in state and federal regulations.
News outlets also report Chinese nationals are exploiting America’s largely unregulated surrogacy industry to acquire children born in the U.S.
On June 3, Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA-10) along with several co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives filed legislation to close these loopholes in U.S. surrogacy law.
The federal Protecting Kids from Creeps Act would “prohibit surrogacy agencies from facilitating surrogacy contracts with sex offenders,” and H.R. 9132 would “prohibit foreign nationals from entering into or enforcing surrogacy contracts in the United States.”
It’s bad when commercial surrogacy “goes wrong” because of loopholes in state or federal law — but it’s important to remember that surrogacy never “goes right” either.
Commercial surrogacy deliberately deprives children of their biological mothers or fathers.
It treats pregnancy like a “service” that can be purchased.
It exploits women by treating them like commodities, and it exploits children by treating them like products that can be made to order and sold for profit.
Human beings are not products that can be made to order, bought, and sold. That’s why Family Council opposes commercial surrogacy — and why we will continue to oppose it.
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Last month, three prominent bioethicists published a paper in the journal Bioethics arguing that people who try to commit suicide via self-starvation and dehydration should be eligible for “terminal sedation” — which other experts argue would be nothing more than assisted suicide. The column underscores the “slippery slope” that assisted suicide leads to.
For years, assisted suicide has been promoted as a “compassionate” way to help people with terminal illnesses avoid unnecessary suffering, and several countries as well as some U.S. states have legalized assisted suicide as a result. But experience shows that assisted suicide does not remain rare or limited once it’s legal.
And next year, Canada could expand assisted suicide to include people suffering solely from mental health conditions like anxiety or depression.
In the U.S., peer-reviewed research has found people with eating disorders have been wrongly approved for assisted suicide — even in states where assisted suicide is supposed to be limited to patients with terminal illnesses.
Once doctors and policymakers decide some lives are not worth living, it’s practically impossible to choose where to draw the line on assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide fundamentally changes the doctor-patient relationship from healing to killing, and in some countries, it’s driving palliative care specialists to leave the medical profession. That hurts everyone.
All of this underscores why Family Council has strongly opposed assisted suicide in Arkansas.
Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death.
Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide violate the sanctity of innocent human life.
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Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:
From Family Council
💊 Family Council Launches Grassroots Effort Urging Trump Administration to End Mail-Order Abortion Drugs. On Thursday, Family Council launched a grassroots effort calling on the Trump administration and members of Congress to end former President Joe Biden’s dangerous mail-order abortion policies and restore the in-person doctor’s visit requirement that must be met before a woman can obtain chemical abortion drugs. Keep Reading.
🏛️ Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on EFA Rules Monday. Lawmakers on the Administrative Rules Subcommittee will hold a hearing to discuss new Educational Freedom Account rules in Little Rock this Monday, June 15. The meeting will be open to the public, and homeschoolers may have an opportunity to testify at the meeting. Keep Reading.
📜 Here is an Overview of Some of the Concerns Homeschoolers Have Raised About New EFA Rules. Since late last year, homeschoolers have expressed concerns about the new rules again and again to the Department of Education and other policymakers. Here are a few examples of the concerns that homeschoolers, our organization, and others have raised about the rules. Keep Reading.
💍 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Declares June “Fidelity Month.”Learn More.
💵 Congressmen Introduce Bipartisan Proposal to Investigate Harm Caused by Sports Betting. Last week, Congressmen Blake Moore (R-UT) and Dan Goldman (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan Gambling Disorder Health Study Act. The proposal would direct the federal government to conduct a comprehensive, long-term investigation into gambling disorder and evaluate “prevention, treatment, and intervention strategies.” Keep Reading.
🪝 Children, Teens Getting Hooked on Gambling. Researchers and news outlets are sounding the alarm over concerns about kids getting hooked on sports betting. Keep Reading.
🧠 Study Shows Marijuana May Interfere with Adolescent Brain Development. In a study published by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers from Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island found marijuana use during adolescence is linked to differences in brain regions related to motivation and reward. Experts say the brain is more sensitive to the effects of marijuana during teenage development, which raises serious concerns about the long term effects of using marijuana during adolescence. Keep Reading.
🏆 Biological Male Wins Girls Shot Put Championship in West Virginia. A biological male recently won first place in the girls shot put at a West Virginia state track and field championship — beating the second-place finisher by more than two feet. Keep Reading.
📉 Why is Support for Same-Sex Marriage and Other Pro-LGBT Issues Falling? For years, survey data indicated a growing share of Americans were pro-LGBT and supported same-sex marriage. That trend seemed to culminate in 2015 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned state marriage laws nationwide with its Obergefell v. Hodges decision. But since 2024, polling data has showed a drop in support for same-sex marriage. Keep Reading.
🏫 LifeWise Academy Expands Rapidly Across Arkansas in 2025-26 School Year, Serving Hundreds of Students. In Arkansas, LifeWise currently serves approximately 1,260 students with 12 live programs in 16 schools, reflecting significant year-over-year growth as more families see the significant benefits of released time religious instruction. Keep Reading.
💉 Guest Column: The Slippery Slope Keeps Slipping. Back in April, a reckless assisted suicide bill looked like it was going to pass and be made British law. Instead, it was shut down by the House of Lords. Then, in May, the Irish parliament rejected an expanded abortion bill by a vote of 85-30. On this side of the Atlantic, things are headed in the opposite direction. Keep Reading.
🧱 President Reagan: “Tear Down This Wall.” On June 12, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan visited the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. There he famously delivered a speech calling on Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” Watch the Video.
From Our Friends
Yes, Gay ‘Pride Month’ Most Certainly IS After Our Kids. From Daily Citizen.
When mob action is overlooked, you get more mob action. From American Family News.
Why Do Americans Oppose Suicide But Support Assisted Suicide? From LifeNews.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
