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...
Originally published in The Natural Family, June 1, 2020 by Katy Faust As a children’s rights advocate, I defend children’s universally-recognized right to life and right to their mother and father.[1] That means while I can (and do) sympathize with adults’ very...
(Originally published in Public Discourse) The first time I walked into a Chinese orphanage, I picked up a little girl and held her close. At the time, I was working for a Chinese adoption agency, and while I was not yet a mother, I instinctively started rocking and...
The deceptively named “Michigan Family Protection Act”—a package of bills legalizing commercial surrogacy and allowing intent-based parenting—passed the Michigan legislature this week and is making its way to Governor Whitmer’s desk. Here is what Them Before Us...
Dear Committee members, Them Before Us defends children's rights in the family. We are writing in support of SB 1958 because of the significant and lasting harm that no-fault divorce inflicts on Oklahoma’s children. “Divorce” is another term for the death of a family....
(Originally published in The Federalist) In the name of “equality,” the University of Sussex Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust has stated that pharmacologically induced breast milk produced by men is comparable to milk produced by females. The NHS trust...
There have been several studies done in an attempt to show “no difference” in child outcomes between same-sex and opposite-sex parenting. Studies commonly cited in support of same-sex parenting are Reczek’s, “Family Structure and Child Health; Does the Sex Composition...
In-Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, is one of the most common forms of assisted reproductive technologies, or ART. Big Fertility touts IVF as an optimal treatment for those who are struggling with fertility issues. And why wouldn’t they? After all, #BigFertility is a...
Surrogacy Harms Children Arguments for legalized surrogacy often focus on “protection” of surrogates and intended parents. Effective arguments against surrogacy will always focus on protecting children. While it’s true that surrogacy exploits women and is thus...
Them Before Us is made up of ordinary adults who are committed to putting the needs of children at the forefront of the battle surrounding the very foundation of our society - marriage and family. Are you an ordinary person too? Does your simple blood boil when children are expected to conform to the lifestyle of adults because you understand, maybe firsthand, how hard that is on kids? And are you tired of culture framing adults as victims when we all know that kids are the ones who have to pay the price? If so, we are your people.
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