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Today marks Ash Wednesday the first day in the Catholic season of Lent. Lent is a 40 day period of preparation and prayer leading to Easter. It is a time of paring back, of giving and doing for others. I read this passage by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in the book 'Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter' and found it so relevant to the time we live that I felt compelled to share it with you all! Enjoy!

"We didn't even know what moderation was. What it felt like. We didn't just work; we inhaled our jobs sucked them in, became them.... we didn't just eat; we stuffed ourselves.....And if it was dangerous for us to want and not have, it was even moreso for our children"

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I am thankful to be in conversation with Helen Gibson founder of Surrogacy Concern. There are currently plans afoot to ‘liberalise’ UK Surrogacy laws. But what does this mean? On the one hand we have the familiar talk of ‘the rights’ of individual ‘to have a baby’ and on the other we have questions around ethics related to the exploitation of women, and harms to babies. We can see that the market for surrogacy is another growth industry predicted to be worth near 200 billion dollars by 2030. But at what cost?

Helen brings much knowledge to this subject and will widen your perspective to bigger picture issues related to the trading of babies.

For more info on Helen's work:

Web: https://surrogacyconcern.uk/

You can write a letter to your MP: https://surrogacyconcern.uk/take-action-send-a-letter-to-your-mp-on-surrogacy-and-law-commission-proposals/

X (formerly twitter): @SurrogConcern

Jennifer Lahl film 'Eggsploitation': Eggsploitation: https://cbc-network.org/eggsploitation/

Produced by: @CBCnetwork

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In today’s podcast I speak to my colleague Stuart Waiton founder of The Scottish Union for Education. Some listeners will know my role as Parent and Supporters Coordinator for the organisation which seeks to address the rapid decline in Scottish Education. Stuart is an academic at the University of Abertay in criminology with a background in politics and journalism. He is also a Dad and was involved in the campaign to stop the named person scheme here in Scotland which would have had Scottish Government assign a state guardian to every child overriding the parental role.

In this podcast we discuss the road which led to the evoluation of SUE and how this is not just about a decline in standards but in knowledge. Reference points which have been understood for generations are being eroded and discarded which is despite the claims of inclusivity narrows things beyond perception.

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SUE: Scottish Union for Education www.sue.scot

SUE Twitter: @ScotUnionEd

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