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July 2013

July 08, 2013

Resurrection Year: Learning to Live, and Thrive, with Life as It Is Given

Our Western cultural attitudes are not well-equipped for failure. We are a culture of optimists...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

How Poverty Affects Vaccination Rates

Last fall I pointed blog readers to my colleague Rachel Stone's post on vaccination as...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

How the Story of a Surrogate, Expectant Parents, and a Baby Reveals the Pitfalls of Repro Tech

Fundamentally, it is simply a sad story, one that took place just a few miles...

February 2013

February 06, 2013

Abortion Isn’t the Only Reproductive Issue for Christians to Care About

I have a post on Think Christian about how the Christian preoccupation with abortion has...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Things to Ponder Before Undergoing Prenatal Testing

My friend, colleague, and fellow Patheos blogger Amy Julia Becker has a new e-book titled...

January 18, 2013

December 2012

December 14, 2012

A Whole New Way to Bring Home Baby

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

December 07, 2012

“We Have to Consider the Quality of Our Children”: IVF, a Nobel Prize, and Cultural Confusion Around Reproductive Ethics

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

The Liminal Nature of Human Embryos, and How That Nature Complicates Reproductive Decisions

As the one-year anniversary of my book publication approaches in January, I’m devoting Fridays from...

November 14, 2012

Jewish Views on Reproductive Technology: Part 1

Frequently, when discussing reproductive issues (abortion, repro tech, etc.) among Christians, Old Testament scriptures come...

May 2012

May 07, 2012

No Easy Choice: A Review and a Q&A

Fellow Patheos blogger has written a lovely review of my book, No Easy Choice: A...

May 01, 2012

The Scary Side of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Will insurance companies someday help bring about a "Gattaca-like two-tiered society, in which parents with...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

A Conversation About Reproductive Decisions and Faith

I was privileged to have a wonderful conversation several weeks ago with Martha Manikas-Foster, who...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

Yes, Low-Tech Treatments for Infertility Do Exist

by Stacie Longwell Hill, guest blogger Editorial note from Ellen: I was thrilled to recently...

March 07, 2012

Who Should Read My Book? And Why?

Yesterday, I had a great conversation at a local coffeehouse with Rick Green, a columnist...

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Q&A on Christians, IVF, and PGD

Over on her new blog hosted by Religion News Service, my ever-fabulous editor Jana Riess...

February 15, 2012

My Huffington Post Article: 5 Tips for People of Faith Considering Reproductive Technology

I have a short essay on the Huffington Post today offering some very broad advice...

February 06, 2012

Good Grief, I Think I Actually Agree with Newt Gingrich

In case you haven't figured this out, I am a Democrat. I will vote for...

January 2012

January 10, 2012

Reproductive Tourism Lays Bare the Fertility Industry’s Market Orientation

A reader sent me a link to a Slate article about the burgeoning practice of...

January 09, 2012

Eggsploitation’s Bad Science

In Thursday’s post, I mentioned the independent film Eggsploitation, which I criticized for its “junk...

January 05, 2012

Fertility Treatment Might Cause Ovarian Cancer (But Your Doctor is Unlikely to Tell You That)

A large, comprehensive study in the Netherlands indicates that ovarian stimulation (artificially inducing a woman’s...