Commercial surrogacy is not just an ethically controversial way of making babies; it is also a huge international industry. According to SkyQuest Technology Group, a market research company, it was worth about US$16 billion in 2023 and is predicted to rise to US$75 billion by 2031.
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In the May issue of National Review, San Diego State University psychologist Jean Twenge presents smoking-gun data that shows the manifold harms to children and teenagers caused by smartphones, specifically social media use on them. She claims, and I agree, that we have to do more to alleviate these harms, by government intervention if necessary.
Read MoreScotland’s only gender clinic for minors is formally pausing the prescription of puberty blockers and hormone medications that are designed to facilitate gender transitions for children after a review commissioned by the English government questioned the efficacy of those practices.
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This resolution includes several of our recommendations. PACE therefore calls on States to “take specific measures to protect young children from premature exposure to the digital environment given their vulnerability to, inter alia, violent, sexual or pornographic content” (4.3). These measures include introducing mandatory and effective age verification on websites (4.1), increasing the awareness and responsibility of parents and other educators with regard to child exposure to online pornography (4.2 and 4.5), and also making stakeholders in the technology industry, who are accountable for protecting children, more responsible.
Read MoreAbortion is legal in Maine up until full term of a woman’s pregnancy. Last year, the legislature also approved some transition medication for 16- and 17-year-olds, such as puberty blockers and hormones, without parental consent.
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