IVF has made a business of violating the rights of children. It circumvents, rather than heals, infertility. Infertility is heartbreaking for married couples who desperately want to welcome a baby into their family. These couples deserve compassion, but never at the...
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Justice for Children Demands Gay Marriage Be Overturned
A thread from Katy Faust originally on X Everywhere gay marriage is legalized, children's rights to their biological parents are weakened or outright obliterated. No country has legalized same-sex marriage and strengthened children’s relationships with their mother...
TBU Supports Texas’ Age-Verification Law in Battle at U.S. Supreme Court
Tomorrow the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether pornography websites should be required to verify users’ ages in order to protect children from this harmful content. Under the Texas law, if “adult entertainment” makes up more than 30% of a...
No-Fault Divorce is Bad For Kids. Divorce Justice is the Answer.
Originally published at Coalition for Divorce Reform. My name is Katy Faust and I am the founder and president of Them Before Us. We are a global movement defending children’s right to their mother and father. That makes us fierce opponents of divorce. “Divorce” is...
What If Companies Chose to Be Pro-Child?
Originally posted in The Washington Stand July 29, 2024 | Written by Patience Griswold (now Patience Sunne) First Tractor Supply Co., then John Deere, now Harley-Davidson. Corporate wokeness is being exposed in companies from the heartland, and as customers speak out,...
No, Our Fertility Challenges Don’t Mean We Can Violate the Rights of Children
Fertility issues seem to be a growing problem in the west. We all know and love someone who has struggled with infertility or lost a child to miscarriage. Having empathy for our loved ones facing infertility is critical. For those dedicated to children’s rights...
#ANDnotOR | There’s No Such Thing As “Parenting”
We've heard it all before. "All kids need is to be 'safe and loved.'" "Love makes a family." "All a child needs is two loving parents." As Them Before Us advocates know, these pithy phrases can only be true if we ignore biological reality, natural law, and accurate...
Raised by Two Men: Here’s My Story
Samantha, a fellow advocate with Them Before Us, created a video to share with lawmakers in the Czech Republic debating the legality of same-sex marriage and same-sex parenting. She noted that while she was well loved by her two gay dads, she hungered for a mother....
Them Before Us statement on the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on the Personhood of Frozen Embryos.
We applaud the Alabama Supreme Court‘s pro-child decision which recognizes and protects life in all circumstances, inside or outside of the womb. This decision is an important step forward in holding the fertility industry accountable, including their processed which...
No, Surrogacy is not “Good for Women, Families, and Humanity”
Surrogacy has exploded into the public consciousness in the past few years, but Pope Francis' condemnation of the practice served as a global mic drop in January 2024. Supporters of, and opposition to, surrogacy are found throughout the political spectrum which often...