MATERNAL DISPATCHES with Hollie McKay
Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay is where frontline war reporting meets the stories that matter most: maternal health, human rights, and the human cost of conflict, told from the mother's lens.
Every week, I dive into the headlines that should be making news: the hidden humanitarian crises, the mothers and families too often forgotten, and the extraordinary resilience of people surviving on the margins of war and policy failure.
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MATERNAL DISPATCHES with Hollie McKay
How the Law Allows Convicted Child Sex Offenders To Father a Surrogate Babies
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Does this Industry Need More Oversight?
A convicted child sex offender is now a legal father. He is not in prison. He is not hiding. He raised money on GoFundMe, found a surrogate through a family friend, and in 2024 walked out of the system holding a baby boy — and the law, in Pennsylvania and in most of the country, lets him.
That is not a bug. It is the architecture.
Plus some life updates, second pregnancy and seeking suggestions.
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