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Colorado’s child commodifying “Family Affirmation Act” passes in the House
Colorado House Bill 22-1153, the mis-named Family Affirmation Act, seeks to make parentage easier for adults employing assisted reproductive technologies. But in the process, it violates the universally-acknowledged children’s right to be known and loved by both...
Testifying Against Surrogacy in South Dakota
Them Before Us founder Katy Faust recently testified against Senate Bill 137 in the South Dakota Senate, which aims to establish gestational surrogacy arrangements and agreements. According to the bill’s proponents, surrogacy has been practiced in South Dakota for...
Children’s Rights Win in Albania!
Yesterday, a small country in Europe was victorious over the massive family-redefinition machine. Albania has been battling attempts to redefine their traditional family code. Backed by well-monied international interests, LGBT activists “demanded that the right of...
Katy Faust’s message to Bulgaria
At the end of 2019, Katy Faust recorded a video for advocates for the rights of children in Bulgaria. Two of the biggest issues facing those in Bulgaria were poverty and crime. In this video Katy lays out the case that a society that unites a mother and father to each...
Katy Faust joins the Scottish Family Party
Katy Faust joins Richard Lucas from The Scottish Family Party to talk about the Them Before Us book and chat about advocating for children's rights and what it ACTUALLY means when you put the rights of a child before "what adults want to do". A lot of great...
Katy Faust Interview with Japanese Researcher
Last month, a researcher from Kanazawa University in Japan reached out to interview Katy Faust for a study about donor conception, family building, and various regulations around the globe. We're so thankful the message of children's rights that Them Before Us is...
Them Before Us – Latvia
Them Before Us is continuing to spark a global movement thanks to the tireless efforts of our overseas followers! Latvian children's rights advocate Alina Ozolina has written an article about our work on the educational web magazine "Telos," which is frequented by...
REWIND: Katy Faust on ABC News Australia
"American Katy Faust was raised by her lesbian mother and her partner and she now runs a blog called asktheBigot, which is fiercely opposed to gay marriage." -- This is Katy back before it #ThemBeforeUs all began. While Katy does not call herself a "child of lesbian...
Katy Faust with Dale Bartscher of South Dakota Right to Life
Katy Faust spoke with Dale Bartscher, the director of South Dakota Right to Life about how our understanding of the ethics of surrogacy align well with those in the pro-life movement. www.SDrighttolife.org
Katy Faust speaking to South Dakota’s legislators – “Why Surrogacy is Harmful to Children”
Katy invited back to South Dakota to help equip state lawmakers on the ethics behind surrogacy and why it violates three of the primary rights of children." Hosted by the Family Heritage Alliance: "Katy Faust, Director of Them Before Us gives a presentation to...
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