My phone is ringing off the hook abt this. Surrogacy Ban: Italian couples who travel abroad to seek surrogates will now be imprisoned for at least 2 yrs or face fine of €1 million-new law that will eliminate “procreative tourism”.
Our piece made the Daily Mail “Fury over 'insane' call to let pregnant trans men take testosterone despite risk to babies - as woke, Government-funded researchers claim gender-affirming care is more important than having a 'normal' kid.”
Getting our research through peer review is a bitch. One reviewer said we used the out dated term of “women” when we should use “gestational carrier”. Are we doomed?
I'm in a convo w a single gay man, who bought eggs, paid a surrogate, & after the baby was born, he gave the baby up for adoption due to serious regret. None of the women know that by 'helping', this was the outcome.
@StopSurrogacy
Me: I’m working on a new film about detransitioners
Rad fem: yeah there are so many women detransitioners
Me: This film looks at boys and young men caught up in gender ideology
Rad fem: it’s always about men
Me: sigh
This little angel is in the OR right now. Pray for a successful surgery and fully repaired ♥️ When medicine is practiced ethically it truly is a healing art.
I read lots of surrogacy contracts. One of the most egregious things included was asking the surrogate mother to waive her end-of-life decision-making so the people buying the babies cd decide if/when life support was terminated. Surrogate had nvr met these ppl.
@StopSurrogacy
We have this upcoming event and Eventbrite just did this to us
@BenjaminABoyce
@KnownHeretic
@ChoooCole
but we won’t back down, give an inch, or be silenced. Come join us for free speech & free exchange of ideas!
@DrJayRichards
@ConceptualJames
w/o AC you die 😂 I grew up in W Va w no AC. As kids we’d lay in bed at night in our underwear dripping w sweat being eaten by mosquitoes, waiting for the oscillating fan to come our way for 5 seconds.
Twitter friends - does anyone know the status of the class action suits filed in 2022 against Tavistock? Were they dismissed? Are they still in the pipeline?
@Glinner
@STILLTish
@stellaomalley3
you guys know?
I’m in Italy for over a week for work. My little gelato 🍧 🇮🇹 is coming HOME sometime this weekend. So my next visit will be a home visit 🤗 you all have been the best with your notes, well wishes, and prayers from literally around the world 💙
Message in my inbox from a California based surrogate who had two babies for the same couple. The father is now serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting a minor and filming it. Some days I just can't stomach it.
#StopSurrogacyNow
I spoke w a mom yesterday who's child started transitioning abt 10-11 yrs & who now at 16 has fully detransitioned & is happy & thriving in school. What happened I asked to bring abt this change? Her child received very good counseling.
#DeTransMission
Where is the woman who sold her eggs? Where is the woman who rented her womb? Who really is this child’s mother? Are mothers/women obsolete and just needed for our body parts?
Just a little nugget from a surrogacy contract: Surrogate to Use Best Efforts to Carry Child Full Term. The Surrogate, in good faith, shall use her best efforts to facilitate a full-term pregnancy herein even if that means making personal sacrifices that may greatly inconvenience…
Baby is much better today. Hallelujah he peed up a storm and lost a bunch of fluid. If all goes as planned the OR team will close his little chest today. One big step in the right direction 🙏🏻
We need this little guy to start peeing. It’s a tight balancing act to keep all systems functioning. Pray and keep those good wishes coming. So grateful for the sweetest notes from many of you. 🙏🏻
Our grandchild is out of surgery. Please continue to send prayers and good wishes. These next few days are critical. Thank you to all who have sent notes. We appreciate it.
I guess it's time for another thread with so many fawning over the goodness of surrogacy and egg "donation'. Since I approach my work largely through medical ethics (risk/benefits/evidence based medicine). 1/
26 names on the California ballot for Governor. Happy to cast my vote for
@ShellenbergerMD
Let’s do a deep clean out west and shine up the golden state.
Thought I’d attend the
#NYC
#LetWomenSpeak
event w
@StandingforXX
Was pushed, shoved, called a F*ing White C*nt many times. My guess was 60+ of NYC police.
🧵We've known for months that our grandson wd be born w a complex congenital heart defect. Interesting that on two occasions bf birth, specialists asked the parents, "is he an IVF baby" (he's not)? Think abt it. They know the risks of BigFertility puts onto the babies they end…
@StandingforXX
@NYPDChiefOfDept
I was there and thought the Police were doing a very good job of keeping us safe. I was thankful they kept bringing more police in and were arresting those who broke the law.
Baby is much better today. Hallelujah he peed up a storm and lost a bunch of fluid. If all goes as planned the OR team will close his little chest today. One big step in the right direction 🙏🏻
@leakylike
@BBCEastScot
My showing of the Detransition Diaries along w Generation Affirmation was last week in Austin was cancelled. The Movie theater cancelled us so to “an abundance of caution” TRAs placed over 100 phones to the theater in 24 hours.
This surrogate story I wrote about just went live today, and seems to be blowing up the internet. Read it and you will want to weep. I'll be releasing another horrific surrogate story again in about a week. California seems to take the cake in surrogate stories gone bad.…
🧵 Trying to change the narrative around the good news of surrogacy & egg “donation” is hard. Mostly bc of babies. What cd be wrong w helping people have babies? I was a PICU nurse for many years… even I love babies.
I’m so excited about this! I love the cover art the publisher selected for our book. The Detransition Diaries coming Jan 2024
@kal_fell
& my labor of love 💗
@GaryJPowell
thank you!
@DonovanCleckley
thank you!
@BrandonMShow
thank you!
"I first heard your voice on the trailer to the Detransition Diaries: Saving our Sisters. I loved your voice at first sound. You were calling out many of the words in our English language we need to name females: Woman, Mother, Mum, Daughter. Dear …
Thread from some distraught grandparents: My wife & I watched your excellent film Trans Mission. We are grandparents living w what is becoming a nightmare. Our just turned 5 grandson has been declared transgender. His parents have changed his name, pronouns & have sent him
@JuddLegum
Anyone who is living with elderly family members can observe such things. You don’t need to be a medical doctor to know grandpa shouldn’t drive a car anymore. Right
@doc_gero
@BryanLlenas
Quick Bryan and help us out. Pls add your Pronouns in your Bio and close the deal. Shame on
@FoxNews
There go your ratings you are so happy to boast all the time.
@alt_oids2
@LorenWalensky
I had ITP as a 10 year old. Spent a year in the hospital on massive steroids, blood tx, splenectomy. Went on to be a nurse for 20 years. In pediatrics 😊
Was speaking w a detrans man who observed all the wealthy Hollywood women who have swapped their designer bags and shoes for trans kids. There’s something to that.
"The Detransition Diaries is a heart-breaking but powerful account of 3 brave women. Their stories, their pain, & their refusal to be silent are beyond inspiring. A much watch film."
@ImWatson91
, a detransitioned woman & advisor
@genspect
Coming Sept. 19
2/ But renting your womb and selling your eggs is risky to your health. And sometimes life threatening. Like when Trey Cox lost his wife due to surrogate pregnancy complications:
This little guy flunked again. Options are 1) surgery 2) re-intubate (back on ventilator) 3) wait and see. We’re all choosing 3. If only doctors today would exercise more wait and see… but I digress.
@LeorSapir
Ethics used to be taught as a stand alone course but now is just half ass (imho) baked into rotations. When it was taught in an of itself you could actually teach ethical theory (utilitarian, deontological, virtue) which helps in formation of ethical wisdom (knowledge).