Gay motherless
For much of the past decade, gay singles or couples announcing a surrogate pregnancy or birth have been celebrated. Case in point, in , when Anderson Cooper announced the birth of his son via surrogacy, the praise was overwhelming—across the ideological spectrum.
Robbed of his mother at age 7 by domestic violence, the Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback has advocated for the shelter long before incidents involving Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson forced the NFL to.