Katy and Jenn love fielding questions from our fellow Them Before Us advocates. We're going to document questions that have already been answered and which episode you can find them in. Enjoy! Them Before Us #034 Will the Alabama decision change the IVF industry? How...
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Them Before Us with Lila Rose: Being Pro Life and the ethics of surrogacy, IVF and more
"Is surrogacy ethical? What about IVF? And how are these reproductive technologies morally different from adoption? I discuss with Katy Faust, children's rights advocate and founder of Them Before Us, about the ethical challenges with Big Fertility, and the just and...
Lance Bass Can’t Understand Why Children He Ordered Didn’t Love Him Immediately
Once you've put on a pair of children's rights glasses, you can't help but see rampant child-violations even in what is intended to be feel-good stories. Lance Bass, a gay-identifying former popstar, documented his "struggle" with IVF and surrogacy for years. This...
What YOU said about the importance of Dads
Ahead of Father's Day, we asked our social media followers and advocates: From lighthearted to serious, children's rights activists honed in on the distinctive that only dads can offer their children. While he certainly gave me the 'girl talk' on the day I needed that...
Them Before Us – Your Children’s Rights Podcast
We're excited to announce that the inaugural episode of the Them Before Us Podcast has finally dropped. We intend for this to be yet another resource for all of you children's rights advocates out there. Our aim is to look at legal and cultural news and how to view...
Them Before Us & The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
Many of you might be familiar with Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson. He has assembled a team as an ideological counter to The World Economic Forum. The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship or ARC! The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) is being...
“Bērni Vispirms” – “Them Before Us” Published in Latvian
"This Tuesday at the Children First book launch event held at Mencendorf House hosted by and Biedrība "Asociācija Ģimene" featured book readings, stories about the importance of fathers and mothers in every child's life and calls for purposeful perseverance in the...
My Daddy’s Name is Donor – Study
We wanted to preserve this study on "young adults conceived by sperm donation" so that those who follow Them Before Us and the ethical questions of third-party reproduction can have this valuable resource on hand! Click here for the full study. "In the U.S., an...
Testifying Against Big Fertility in Washington State
HB 1151 update: This bill stalled in the Senate after being assigned to the House Rules Committee for review on April 23, 2023. We must continue to put pressure on legislators to not allow this bill to re-surface. Them Before Us presented the following...
Them Before Us – 2022 Accomplishments
2022 was a major year for Them Before Us. Here are just a few highlights. Our Global Impact: The Them Before Us message spread all over the globe in 2022. Them Before Us got to play a part in Albania being "victorious over the massive family - redefinition machine" by...