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November 3, 2023
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The Future of Manufactured Children
Carl R. Trueman
First Things

Last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal featured an article as fascinating as it was disturbing: “What If Men Could Make Their Own Egg Cells?” It discussed the work of Matt Krisiloff, CEO of Conception Biosciences. Krisiloff and his team are working on producing human embryos from genetic material that is not connected in origin to an egg or a sperm. Indeed, the article begins with a quotation from a Japanese biologist, Katsuhiko Hayashi, who believes that it will be possible to make human eggs from skin cells within a decade.

While the science is surely impressive, it raises all kinds of ethical questions. The article nods to the fact that developments in reproductive technology have transformed the notion of parenthood. Though it does not use the term, a contractual notion of parenthood as functional rather than natural seems to be emerging in the West.
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The Desecration of Man
This week, Carl delivered the 2023 Erasmus Lecture, entitled “The Desecration of Man."
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For WORLD Opinions, Andrew T. Walker writes on the ugly gubernatorial race in Kentucky. ([link removed]) .
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In his column this week, George Weigel reports on the strange vocabulary of the Synod on Synodality ([link removed]) .
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For The Catholic Thing, Stephen White writes on the inexplicable and inadequate handling of the Rupnik case ([link removed]) .

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For the National Catholic Register, Carrie Gress writes that the Catholic Church needs mothers, not synodality ([link removed]) .
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Andrew T. Walker joined the Theology for the Church podcast to discuss the contribution Baptists have made to the field of political theology ([link removed]) .
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On Monday, Erika Bachiochi will participate in a webinar hosted by Public Discourse on how young women can flourish in work and family life.
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