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Woman who recently escaped Afghanistan asks Biden admin ‘why they left me behind?’

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An Afghan woman who was left behind after the U.S. military evacuated Afghanistan told her story on Hannity Wednesday night. Mariam and her three children ages 2-16 left the country August 31st.

“You know, that time the Taliban attacked Kabul, they were in Kabul, and we tried to reach the State Department. The State Department did not help us,” Mariam told host Sean Hannity. “My question was for the President, you know, why they left me behind and with my family?”

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) assisted Mariam and her family evacuate. He said it was tumultuous journey, where Mariam and her family constantly faced violence from Taliban members. “She has bruises all over her body,” Jackson said.

Jackson is fully invested in the “digital Dunkirk” network of advocates fighting to get people out of the country. Carter is a part of it herself. Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Reps. Mike Garcia (R-CA) and Mike Waltz (R-FL) among others are also participants. The Dunkirk reference is based on an operation during World War II, where a group of 800 vessels helped rescue 338,226 allies from the Germans. Sara Carter has also assisted in sponsoring Afghans as they immigrate to the United States.

You can follow Jenny Goldsberry on Twitter @jennyjournalism.

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Pope Francis calls for universal ban on ‘so-called surrogate motherhood’

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Pope Francis called for a universal ban on surrogacy, likening the practice as an unborn child “turned into an object of trafficking.”

“I consider despicable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs,” Francis said in a speech to the Holy See on Monday.

The “uterus for rent” process, as Francis has called it, was estimated to bring in $14 billion in the U.S. in 2022, and is projected to grow to a $129 billion market by 2032. National Review reports Individual surrogacies can cost anywhere from $60,000 to $200,000 plus in the U.S. Rising infertility rates, an increase in the number of fertility clinics, and “sedentary lifestyles” contribute to surrogacy’s recent popularity, according to Global Market Insights.

“A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract,” Francis continued. “Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally.”

Surrogacy is already banned in many European countries. In the United States, commercial surrogacy, or for-profit surrogacy, is legal in some states, and the practice has been used by celebrities who are very public with their decision to use surrogacy.

Altruistic surrogacy, the method by which a woman carries another person’s child for no official compensation, is legal in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, Greece, and Iceland, according to the National Institutes of Health.

The speech was about threats to peace and human dignity. “A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract,” Francis continued. “Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally.”

Francis also listed Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, climate change, and increased weapons production as great threats to peace on Monday.

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