“Seven Miscarriages, Two Living Children, and the Hidden Grief So Few Talk About” with Gabriela Anastasopoúlou | Ep. 35

“Seven Miscarriages, Two Living Children, and the Hidden Grief So Few Talk About” with Gabriela Anastasopoúlou | Ep. 35

Seven miscarriages. Two living children. Countless questions. What does it actually feel like to lose a child through miscarriage? What happens when the pregnancy test line starts fading and you realize you're about to lose another baby? Why do so many women feel completely unprepared for the physical, emotional, and spiritual reality of miscarriage, despite the fact that roughly 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage? In this deeply personal and moving conversation, Gabriela Anastasopoúlou shares her journey through a miscarriage, becoming a mom to her son, followed by seven miscarriages and secondary infertility, and the eventual birth of her daughter after years of unanswered questions and heartbreak. Gabriela opens up about: * What miscarriage is really like physically and emotionally * The grief that many couples carry in silence * Pregnancy after repeated loss * The medical journey to uncover underlying causes of miscarriage * Restorative reproductive medicine, NaProTechnology, and fertility treatment * Why she and her husband chose not to pursue IVF * The dignity of preborn children lost through miscarriage * How churches can better support grieving parents * Finding hope when every positive pregnancy test feels terrifying As a civil rights attorney and advocate for miscarriage awareness, Gabriela brings both personal experience and profound insight to a topic that affects millions of families but is rarely discussed openly. Whether you have experienced miscarriage yourself, know someone who has, or simply want to better understand this often-hidden form of grief, this conversation offers compassion, honesty, practical guidance, and hope. Subscribe for more conversations If this episode helped you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who may need the encouragement. 📚For Episode Resources, please visit the episode page. For more information, the latest episodes, and additional resources, visit www.bioethicsbabe.com [http://www.bioethicsbabe.com]. Follow BB on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe [https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe [https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe] X: https://x.com/bioethicsbabe [https://x.com/bioethicsbabe]

"'I Helped Hijack the Women’s Movement': How Roe v. Wade was Sold to America” with Sue Ellen Browder | Ep. 34

Did the women's movement get hijacked? Former Cosmopolitan writer and Subverted author Sue Ellen Browder says yes, and she says she helped do it. In this eye-opening conversation, Sue shares what she witnessed inside Cosmopolitan during the height of the sexual revolution, how media narratives helped reshape American views on sex, marriage, motherhood, and abortion, and why she believes the women's movement became fused with abortion politics. We discuss the influence of figures such as Betty Friedan, Larry Lader, Simone de Beauvoir, and Kate Millett, the origins of modern feminism, the role of propaganda in shaping public opinion, and what Sue uncovered in her research into Roe v. Wade. Was the sexual revolution an organic cultural shift or a carefully constructed campaign? How did abortion become central to feminism? What role did media, money, and ideology play in changing American culture? And what can we learn from this history today? In this episode: · Inside Cosmopolitan during the sexual revolution · How media narratives can shape culture · The connection between feminism and abortion advocacy · The hidden influences behind Roe v. Wade · Simone de Beauvoir, Kate Millett, and radical feminism · Propaganda, persuasion, and the battle for truth · Marriage, motherhood, and the meaning of womanhood If you enjoy thoughtful conversations about bioethics, human dignity, culture, faith, and public policy, subscribe and join the conversation. Subscribe for more conversations Bioethics Babe is a podcast exploring the toughest questions about human dignity, suffering, and the human person in light of science, faith, and culture. 📚For Episode Resources, please visit the episode page: https://bioethicsbabe.com/i-helped-hijack-the-womens-movement-how-roe-v-wade-was-sold-to-america-with-sue-ellen-browder-ep-34/ [https://bioethicsbabe.com/i-helped-hijack-the-womens-movement-how-roe-v-wade-was-sold-to-america-with-sue-ellen-browder-ep-34/] For more information, the latest episodes, and additional resources, visit www.bioethicsbabe.com [http://www.bioethicsbabe.com]. Follow BB on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe [https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe [https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe] X: https://x.com/bioethicsbabe [https://x.com/bioethicsbabe]

“The Egg Freezing Lie: What the Fertility Industry Isn’t Telling Women” with Jennifer Lahl | Ep. 33

Egg freezing is sold as empowerment. A way to “pause” fertility, focus on career and relationships, and have children later on your own timeline. But what if that promise isn’t as secure as women are being told? In this explosive episode of Bioethics Babe, Jennifer Lahl, founder of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network and director of the documentary Eggsploitation, exposes the risks, realities, and ethical questions surrounding the rapidly growing egg freezing industry. We discuss: • What women are actually told before freezing their eggs • The medical risks of fertility drugs and egg retrieval • Ovarian hyperstimulation, stroke risk, infertility, and cancer concerns • Why most IVF and fertility cycles fail • The hidden financial incentives behind the fertility industry • How companies market egg freezing as a workplace “benefit” • Whether egg freezing offers freedom or false reassurance • The unknown long-term effects on children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies • Why the fertility industry remains largely underregulated • How reproductive technology is reshaping dating, marriage, motherhood, and family life • The ethical questions surrounding IVF, embryo creation, and designer babies • Why restoring fertility health may matter more than bypassing it Is egg freezing truly empowering women, or is it selling the illusion that biology can be postponed without consequence? This conversation dives into the science, ethics, medicine, and cultural assumptions behind one of the fastest-growing reproductive technologies in the world. Subscribe for more conversations Bioethics Babe is a podcast exploring the toughest questions about human dignity, suffering, and the human person in light of science, faith, and culture. 📚For Episode Resources, please visit the episode page.: https://bioethicsbabe.com/the-egg-freezing-lie-what-the-fertility-industry-isnt-telling-women-with-jennifer-lahl-ep-33/ [https://bioethicsbabe.com/the-egg-freezing-lie-what-the-fertility-industry-isnt-telling-women-with-jennifer-lahl-ep-33/] For more information, the latest episodes, and additional resources, visit www.bioethicsbabe.com [http://www.bioethicsbabe.com]. Follow BB on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe [https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe [https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe] X: https://x.com/bioethicsbabe [https://x.com/bioethicsbabe]

"Lab-Made Humans? Three-Parent Embryos, Genetic Engineering, and the Future of Humanity" with Dr. David Prentice | Ep. 32

What happens when science gains the power not only to heal human life, but to redesign it? Scientists are now creating lab-made embryos from stem cells, experimenting with three-parent embryos, pursuing gene editing technologies like CRISPR, and exploring ways to grow human life outside the womb. What once sounded like science fiction is rapidly becoming reality. In this episode of Bioethics Babe, internationally recognized stem cell researcher and bioethics expert Dr. David Prentice of the Science Alliance for Life and Technology (SALT) exposes the ethical dangers behind lab-made embryos, designer babies, germline gene editing, fetal tissue research, embryo selection, IVF commodification, and modern eugenics. We discuss: • Lab-made embryos • Three-parent embryos and genetic engineering • CRISPR and heritable gene editing • Designer babies and embryo selection • Stem cell research myths and realities • Human fetal tissue research • Artificial wombs and the future of reproduction • Modern eugenics and prenatal screening • Human dignity, bioethics, and the future of humanity At what point does medicine stop treating disease and start redefining what kinds of humans are acceptable? BIO: Dr. David Prentice is President and Founding Board Member of the Science Alliance for Life and Technology, or SALT. Dr. Prentice is an internationally recognized expert on stem cell research, biotechnology, and bioethics, with nearly 50 years of experience as a scientific researcher, professor, academic leader, and policy advisor. He has advised policymakers and testified before the U.S. Congress, the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Vatican, and the President’s Council on Bioethics on issues including stem cell research, fetal tissue research, cloning, gene editing, embryology, and the future of biotechnology. In 2020, he was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the federal Human Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board. Subscribe for more conversations Bioethics Babe is a podcast exploring the toughest questions about human dignity, suffering, and the human person in light of science, faith, and culture. 📚For Episode Resources, please visit the episode page.: https://bioethicsbabe.com/lab-made-humans-three-parent-embryos-genetic-engineering-and-the-future-of-humanity-with-dr-david-prentice-ep-32/ [https://bioethicsbabe.com/lab-made-humans-three-parent-embryos-genetic-engineering-and-the-future-of-humanity-with-dr-david-prentice-ep-32/] For more information, the latest episodes, and additional resources, visit www.bioethicsbabe.com [http://www.bioethicsbabe.com]. Follow BB on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe [https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe [https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe] X: https://x.com/bioethicsbabe [https://x.com/bioethicsbabe]

“‘There’s No Hope,’ Doctors Said: One Family’s Decision After a Trisomy 18 Diagnosis” with Sen. Rick Santorum | Ep. 31

What do you do when doctors tell you there’s “no hope”? When former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his wife Karen received a Trisomy 18 diagnosis for their daughter Bella, they were told she had a condition “incompatible with life.” They were encouraged to prepare for her death. But Bella lived. Now she’s turning 18 years old, something many doctors never expected she would see. In this deeply personal episode of Bioethics Babe, Sen. Rick Santorum shares the emotional and spiritual journey of raising Bella, the medical and cultural pressures families often face after a prenatal diagnosis, and how one little girl transformed their marriage, family, and understanding of human dignity. This conversation explores not only Trisomy 18, but the deeper questions underneath modern medicine: What makes a life valuable? How should we think about suffering and disability? And what happens when a diagnosis becomes a judgment about whether a life is worth living? We discuss: • Receiving a devastating Trisomy 18 diagnosis • The meaning behind the phrase “incompatible with life” • Losing their son Gabriel before Bella’s birth • How doctors and the medical system responded to Bella’s condition • Hospice pressure and assumptions about “quality of life” • How Bella transformed the Santorum family • Raising a child with profound disabilities • Marriage, suffering, and navigating disagreement as parents • Bella turning 18 with Trisomy 18 • Why Bella became the emotional center of their family • Multi-generational family life and caregiving • The cultural tendency to value productivity over personhood • What families facing a prenatal diagnosis need to hear Bella cannot walk or speak. Yet her life is a profound witness to love, family, and the inherent dignity of every human person. This is a conversation about suffering, hope, disability, family, faith, and what it truly means to be human. Subscribe for more conversations Bioethics Babe is a podcast exploring the toughest questions about human dignity, suffering, and the human person in light of science, faith, and culture. 📚For Episode Resources, please visit the episode page: https://bioethicsbabe.com/theres-no-hope-doctors-said-one-familys-decision-after-a-trisomy-18-diagnosis-with-sen-rick-santorum-ep-31/ [https://bioethicsbabe.com/theres-no-hope-doctors-said-one-familys-decision-after-a-trisomy-18-diagnosis-with-sen-rick-santorum-ep-31/]. For more information, the latest episodes, and additional resources, visit www.bioethicsbabe.com [http://www.bioethicsbabe.com]. Follow BB on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe [https://www.youtube.com/@BioethicsBabe] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576554667052] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe [https://www.instagram.com/bioethicsbabe] X: https://x.com/bioethicsbabe [https://x.com/bioethicsbabe]