I’d like to introduce a new guest blogger, Stephanie Blessing. She will be writing on the theme of the spiritual experience of persons conceived via artificial insemination, including what the churches are (or are not) doing, and what they could be doing.
One fascinating finding of our study is how many persons conceived this way were raised in a faith tradition and identify with a faith tradition today. I blogged about those findings in the post, “Religion and Reproduction in the 21st Century.”
Stephanie’s bio and photo are available here. An excerpt of her bio:
Stephanie Blessing is a Christian, the wife of a pastor, and the mother of five children. She found out in May 2009, at the age of 32 years old, that she was conceived in 1976 by an anonymous sperm donor via artificial insemination. Like many adults who discover that they were conceived using this method, she suddenly found herself in a crisis moment. She quickly went to the internet in order to find some kind of assistance in helping her to reason through this new situation in her life from a biblical worldview. After searching for several weeks, she found that, aside from some clinical articles, no one was talking about this issue from a God-centered perspective. She has begun writing about her own story in order to share the hope that she has with others at her blog, My Father’s Daughter.
Welcome, Stephanie!
Categories: My Daddy's Name is Donor, Reproductive Technologies
