{"id":2500162,"date":"2025-10-17T14:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stop-celebrating-men-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:48:06","slug":"stop-celebrating-men-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stop-celebrating-men-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Celebrating Men For Renting Wombs And Buying Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstop-celebrating-men-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2500162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Pentatonix singer and *Dancing With The Stars* contestant scott Hoying&#8217;s recent announcement that he and his husband Mark are expecting a baby through surrogacy.The piece criticizes the celebration of men &#8220;renting wombs and buying babies,&#8221; highlighting concerns surrounding surrogacy, such as ethical issues, the disposal of embryos created via IVF, loss of a child&#8217;s connection to their biological mother, and the commercialization of women and children.It also points to the absence of consistent vetting processes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-charges-for-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"No Charges For Andrew Cuomo\">prospective parents<\/a>, which has led to tragic cases, including instances of abuse. While Hoying emphasizes queer representation and hopes to inspire LGBTQ+ children, the article argues that surrogacy often reduces children to means of fulfilling adults&#8217; desires, neglecting the child&#8217;s best interests. The story references the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >struggles surrogate-born children face<\/a> in understanding their maternal origins and the broader implications of surrogacy on family dynamics and children&#8217;s rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIEFPCKJvao\">EXTRATV\/ YOUTUBE<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/17\/stop-celebrating-men-like-pentatonix-singer-scott-hoying-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Stop%20Celebrating%20Men%20Like%20Pentatonix%20Singer%20Scott%20Hoying%20For%20Renting%20Wombs%20And%20Buying%20Babies&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/17\/stop-celebrating-men-like-pentatonix-singer-scott-hoying-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Stop%20Celebrating%20Men%20Like%20Pentatonix%20Singer%20Scott%20Hoying%20For%20Renting%20Wombs%20And%20Buying%20Babies&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/17\/stop-celebrating-men-like-pentatonix-singer-scott-hoying-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/17\/stop-celebrating-men-like-pentatonix-singer-scott-hoying-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Stop%20Celebrating%20Men%20Like%20Pentatonix%20Singer%20Scott%20Hoying%20For%20Renting%20Wombs%20And%20Buying%20Babies&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/17\/stop-celebrating-men-like-pentatonix-singer-scott-hoying-for-renting-wombs-and-buying-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Pentatonix singer and current <em>Dancing With The Stars<\/em> competitor Scott Hoying took advantage of the show&rsquo;s &ldquo;dedication night&rdquo; on Tuesday to announce that he and his &ldquo;husband&rdquo; are buying a baby via surrogacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that&rsquo;s not the word Hoying or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIEFPCKJvao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overeager<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1357594479287828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reporters<\/a> used in their post-dance interviews with Hoying, his partner Mark, and dance partner Rylee Arnold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1058038539\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re having a baby,&rdquo; Scott and Mark announced in a video posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DP4skowko7t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and aired on the show. &ldquo;Our surrogate is pregnant. We&rsquo;re going to be dads.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Were you rehearsing when you found out you were having a baby, you were pregnant?&rdquo; one reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIEFPCKJvao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a>, unfazed by the absurdity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIEFPCKJvao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">referring<\/a> to two men as &ldquo;pregnant&rdquo; because they are renting a woman&rsquo;s womb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scott and Mark&rsquo;s decision adds them to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/03\/paris-hilton-to-keep-20-humans-frozen-until-they-die-because-she-wants-a-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/26\/big-fertility-harms-babies-and-women-so-why-are-we-celebrating-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">train<\/a> of celebrity-types who&rsquo;ve boarded the baby-buying trend. But as has frequently been reported in these pages, surrogacy creates a host of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/04\/the-conservative-pro-life-case-against-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concerns<\/a>, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2255107\/1-7-million-embryos-created-IVF-thrown-away-just-7-cent-lead-pregnancy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass disposal<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fulfills-campaign-promise-with-ivf-executive-order-it-would-have-been-better-if-he-didnt\/\" title=\"Trump Fulfills Campaign Promise with ... Executive Order ... It Would Have Been Better If He Didn&#039;t\">human embryos created<\/a> through IVF, disconnection from one side of a child&rsquo;s family, practical problems like difficulty accessing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/local\/maryland\/donor-conceived-people-challenges-accessing-medical-history-maryland\/65-2d5a5901-a634-4972-afa8-1f97c69f8e59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">medical records<\/a>, and more <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JenniferLahl\/status\/1731351024366190755?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bioethical<\/a> problems. But not least of these issues caused by IVF and surrogacy is the fact that the process robs a child of the knowledge and presence of his true mother.<\/p>\n<p>Surrogacy on behalf of a gay couple typically <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/16\/how-legalizing-surrogacy-helps-activists-queer-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requires<\/a> one &ldquo;mother&rdquo; to furnish the egg, and another to carry the baby. A third &ldquo;mother&rdquo; is often introduced when the child searches for a woman to fill his innate maternal needs, described by Katy Faust as the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-conservative-pro-life-case-against-surrogacy\/\" title=\"Conservative stance: ... and its Pro...Life ...\">social mother<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Surrogacy commodifies both woman and child, as prospective parents choose desirable traits during the IVF process, and compensate &mdash; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/parents\/surrogacy-costs-rcna40050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tens of thousands of dollars<\/a> &mdash; the birth mother. While surrogacy agencies often require that would-be parents undergo a screening, there is no across-the-board requirement for an adoption-like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/04\/the-conservative-pro-life-case-against-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vetting<\/a> process to ensure a safe and appropriate home for the child, as Faust has <a href=\"https:\/\/thembeforeus.com\/surrogacy-makes-more-babies-pro-lifers-should-still-oppose-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> in these pages.<\/p>\n<p>As the Federalist has previously reported, unfettered surrogacy throws the <a href=\"https:\/\/thembeforeus.com\/disaster-surrogacy-cases-sanctioned-washington-states-sb-6037\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">door<\/a> open for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/22\/meet-5-accused-pedophiles-who-bought-kids-through-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pedophiles<\/a> to gain immediate access and &ldquo;care of&rdquo; babies and kids. Mark Newton, for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/22\/meet-5-accused-pedophiles-who-bought-kids-through-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">example<\/a>, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/named-the-australian-paedophile-jailed-for-40-years-20130630-2p5da.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to 40 years in prison after he and his partner subjected the boy born by international surrogate to sickening sexual abuse over the first six years of his life. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview following his <em>Dancing With The Stars<\/em> routine, Hoying heralded &ldquo;queer&rdquo; representation in entertainment. &ldquo;Growing up we didn&rsquo;t see a lot of queer couples on TV &mdash; ever &mdash; and like I just like really, really hope that there&rsquo;s queer kids out there that like feel like their story deserves to be told, and like they can find love and live their dreams,&rdquo; Scott said. Like others who buy babies with the intention of taking them away from their mothers, Scott and Mark appear to view the child as a means to fulfill their own &ldquo;dreams,&rdquo; without regard for the baby&rsquo;s best interests.<\/p>\n<p>In Janaury Faust&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/16\/how-legalizing-surrogacy-helps-activists-queer-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared<\/a>&nbsp;a story in The Federalist of a little girl born by surrogate for two men, describing her ongoing search to discover whom she was supposed to look to as her mother. She and other surrogate-born children &ldquo;must grapple with the fact that eliminating their right to be known and loved by their mother was necessary to advance their fathers&rsquo; queer utopia,&rdquo; Faust wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Heartbreakingly, Hoying&rsquo;s baby will have to do the same.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Catherine Gripp is a graduate of Arizona Christian University where she earned a degree in communication and a minor in political science. 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