Congratulations on Your Pregnancy

So here’s a blast from the past. I was going through some cards that I sent earlier this year, and I came across the card I sent to Cindy congratulating her on her pregnancy. Pay particular attention to the note I included. She had given me her HCG levels and I remember thinking that they … Read more

Want To Understand What’s Happening? Read This Article.

Pete Shanks of Biopolitical Times, published a blog post entitled, “Is This Informal Surrogacy or Exploitation?” The article does an excellent job of summarizing all the pertinent facts of Cindy’s case. Definitely recommended reading if you want to come up to speed on what this case is all about. “A bizarre tragedy is playing out … Read more

Supporter Posts Powerful Video

Cindy Close supporter Toni King of Mother’s Moments has created a powerful, “tissue required” video and was kind enough to share it with us. Please feel free to share it with as many people as you like.

Bioethics Site Writes Up Cindy’s Case for Article

If you’re considering surrogacy, you may want to read Michael Cook’s article on BioEdge first. He goes on to list three cases of “Separating motherhood from gestation”,  including “Your Boyfriend’s Gay”, and goes on to explain how Marvin McMurrey III revealed he was gay and sued Cindy Close for custody. Other things that could go … Read more

Lawyers.com Features Cindy’s Story, Legal Expert Raises Frightening Thought

Michelle Bowman, a freelance writer for Lawyers.com, wrote a great article on Cindy’s case today, with quotes from Professor James Paulsen of South Texas College of Law here in Houston. Professor Paulsen raises an alarming possibility, though – if Marvin and Phong can manage to drag the court proceedings out for more than six months, … Read more

Cindy’s struggle featured on KHOU, Dr. Drew

Cindy was interviewed yesterday by Andrew Horansky of KHOU about her ongoing struggle to have her children returned to her. That segment aired on the 5 o’clock broadcast here in Houston, and we have reports that it’s being seen in Austin, TX, as well as in Arkansas.

In addition, Cindy did a Skype interview last night with Dr. Drew and esteemed attorney Lisa Bloom on Dr. Drew’s call-in show on the HLN network. The interview almost didn’t take place since they had mistakenly referred to her as a surrogate on their website, but they quickly fixed the offending error with minutes to spare. Unfortunately, she is referred to as a surrogate in two other places on the website. We have an email in to them requesting that they get that fixed immediately. However, the stories make it clear that she’s not a surrogate. Some web editor somewhere just needs to get with the program (literally.)

Cindy did a  great job, as usual, explaining the unusual circumstances of her case. She even held her own against Lisa Bloom and corrected her on how Texas determines maternity as she’s pretty familiar with that particular set of laws. Lisa accepted the correction gracefully, to her credit.

We’re grateful to the media for helping Cindy get the word out about what is taking place here in Houston. As Thomas Jefferson said, “The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep the waters pure.

Check out the videos after the break.

–Danielle

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Change.org Petition Posted

Our very own CindysTwins.com editor Kim Archer launched a Change.org petition on Sunday. It went “live” on Monday with 100 signatures. Today we’re at 253 signatures and growing. If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to sign out petition and to share with as many people as you’re able. Because the court may … Read more