Exploring fertility, reproductive technology, and human dignity in the modern age. Hosted by Emma Waters.
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Our fertility isn’t just about health or having kids. How we approach this topic is integral to what it means to be human.
🎙️ Rethinking Fertility launches today with its official trailer.
The first full episode drops this Tuesday. Stay tuned.
Eugenics: selecting which humans get to be born based on desired traits.
40% of IVF cycles now involve PGT, and some women are doing IVF electively just to choose a certain kind of child.
That reduces a child to a set of traits instead of receiving them as a gift.
Emma explains how embryo screening in IVF is eugenics in action 👀👉 youtu.be/2SKiiHfsxro
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What if IVF isn't the deepest question? What if the deeper question is sovereignty?
This week's guest essay by Katy Roberts argues that we've overvalued autonomy and undervalued the sovereignty of God.
And that changes everything.
Technology doesn't just change what we do. It changes how we think.
Read the latest guest essay on Substack: "God’s Sovereignty vs. Our Autonomy"
👀👉 rethinkingfertility.substack…
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After a concerning genetic test result, doctors often tell parents they can “discuss their options.”
That’s a euphemism for ending the life of the child in the womb.
A diagnosis doesn’t change who that child is: made in the image of God.
Emma explains what “options” really mean after a prenatal test 👀👉 youtu.be/2SKiiHfsxro
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You’re ten weeks along. The nurse calls: “Your screen came back positive.”
For younger moms, as few as 4 in 10 positive NIPT results are true. A screening estimates risk. It doesn’t diagnose.
Swipe through for the numbers, then watch or listen to the full episode.
In the new episode, Emma explains why a screening is not a diagnosis and what parents can do with the result 👀👉 youtu.be/2SKiiHfsxro
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What if adoption can’t heal our grief, but it can point us to the One who can?
Adoption doesn’t remove grief or close old wounds. But at its highest, it’s a picture of a God who takes those with no claim to any good and calls us His own. 👇
If you’re grieving, waiting, or wondering how to hold both, this one is for you.
Kirsten shares her story from inside the grief, before the ending is written, and finds God faithful in the middle of it. 👇
Read the latest Substack, “Adoption Is Not a Treatment for Infertility” 👀👉rethinkingfertility.substack…
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RRM doesn’t just help couples conceive. It restores overall health.
One mom chose it over rushing to IVF and uncovered PCOS, which raises the risk of heart disease when undiagnosed.
Her words: “Not only am I a mother, but I am the kind of healthy mother that I want to be…”
Emma shares a mother’s story of how Restorative Reproductive Medicine restored far more than her fertility 👀👉 youtu.be/0aQbXfAgrWQ
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🎓 Check out the ✨ FREE ✨ @RRM_Academy to learn how to address the root causes of infertility: rrmacademy.org
🎁 See their ✨ FREE ✨ guides to NaProTechnology, FEMM, and NeoFertility: rrmacademy.org/guides
The evidence for RRM is striking: in one study of 1,200+ couples, 53% had a live birth within two years.
For women over 40, IVF’s per-cycle success rate drops below 10%. With RRM, it’s 27%
There’s a better way. Watch our latest episode to learn more!.
Click the link to the full episode as Emma discusses the success rates behind RRM and IVF 👀👉youtu.be/0aQbXfAgrWQ
Or listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🔗 linktr.ee/rethinkingfertilit…
🎓 Check out the ✨ FREE ✨ @RRM_Academy to learn how to address the root causes of infertility: rrmacademy.org
🎁 See their ✨ FREE ✨ guides to NaProTechnology, FEMM, and NeoFertility: rrmacademy.org/guides
What if adoption was never meant to be the “fix” for infertility?
Infertility is a loss that deserves to be grieved. Adoption is a calling to meet a child’s needs; it's for them. Treating it as the cure for infertility risks making a child the answer to an adult’s problem.
Read the full article on Substack 👀👉 "Adoption is NOT a Treatment for Infertility"
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