Posted on May 2nd, 2013 in
adoption,
disabilities,
disability,
Down syndrome,
ethics,
family,
gender selection,
Jennifer Gilmore,
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KJ Dell'Antonia,
Lauren Apfel,
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No Easy Choice,
OI,
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parenthood,
PGD,
prenatal testing,
reproductive technology,
suffering,
The Atlantic Sexes,
women
Jennifer Gilmore’s story is enough to scare anyone away from open adoption. (It also provides the best supporting evidence ever for my contention that “Why don’t you just adopt?” might be one of the stupidest questions known to huma...
Posted on Mar 7th, 2013 in
Christianity,
disabilities,
disability,
ethics,
eugenicist,
eugenics,
family,
God,
kids,
No Easy Choice,
OI,
osteogenesis imperfecta,
parenthood,
PGD,
Philip C. Burcham,
prenatal testing,
reproductive technology,
suffering
A friend recently sent me an article written by an Australian man who has the same bone disorder I do (osteogenesis imperfecta, or OI). Writing for the Christian journal First Things, Philip C. Burcham tells a compelling story of his family’s OI hist...
Posted on Jan 24th, 2013 in
Amy Julia Becker,
Christianity,
disabilities,
disability,
ethics,
family,
fertility clinics,
God,
No Easy Choice,
parenthood,
prenatal testing,
reproductive technology,
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Prenatal Testing,
women
My friend, colleague, and fellow Patheos blogger Amy Julia Becker has a new e-book titled What Every Woman Needs to Know about Prenatal Testing: Insights from a Mom Who Has Been There. My official endorsement of the book, which I include below, was hea...
Posted on Jan 18th, 2013 in
accessibility,
best of 2012,
blogs,
Christianity,
church,
disabilities,
disability,
Eggsploitation,
ethics,
evangelicalism,
family,
fertility clinics,
food,
gender selection,
God,
gun control,
handicapped parking spaces,
kids,
mainline churches,
No Easy Choice,
pain,
parenthood,
PGD,
prenatal testing,
reproductive technology,
suffering
A colleague told me yesterday that my post on “Why I am a Christian Democrat” was not only my most-read post ever, but was one of the most-read posts on the entire Patheos site in 2012. Wow. I’m pondering whether this post’s gra...
Posted on Dec 21st, 2012 in
Christianity,
disabilities,
disability,
ethics,
God,
No Easy Choice,
OI,
pain,
parenthood,
suffering
As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from now until the end of the year to revisiting the book’s major themes. Each Friday, I’ll post an excerpt from No Easy Choice: A Story of Disability,...