Dear South Dakota, Babies Aren’t Commodities

by Katy Faust | Jan 29, 2020 | Around the World, EXPORT, Justice, South Dakota

IN SUPPORT OF HB 1096 Dear Members of the House Judiciary Committee;  My name is Katy Faust. I am the founder and director of the children’s rights organization Them Before Us. We represent the party who is most impacted by HB 1096: the children. Here are four ways...

Them Before Us Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of a Gay Dad

by Katy Faust | Aug 23, 2019 | Around the World, EXPORT, Justice, Washington D.C.

In June 2019, Them Before Us filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on behalf of twin nine year olds defending their right to be raised by their father, who is gay. An overview of the case can be found at The Federalist and The Daily Signal. You can read the...

Heritage Panel- Them Before Us: Defending the Rights and Wellbeing of Children Today

by Katy Faust | Jan 7, 2019 | Around the World, EXPORT, The Latest, Washington D.C.

Rapid changes in reproductive technologies combined with the redefinition of marriage have resulted in more and more children intentionally denied a relationship with one or both of their biological parents. Meanwhile, the media claims that “all kids need is love.” A...

Opposition to New York’s Senate Bill Legalizing Surrogacy

by Them Before Us | Jan 31, 2018 | Around the World, EXPORT, Justice, New York

Dear New York Senator/Assemblyman, Them Before Us exists to defend a child’s fundamental right to their mother and father. This right grants children not only the two people who are statistically the most likely to be connected to, protective of, and invested in them...

Them Before Us Founder Testifies Against Uniform Parentage Act

by Them Before Us | Jan 22, 2018 | Around the World, EXPORT, Justice, Studies, Washington State

Members of the law and justice committee,* Thank you for the opportunity to be here. My name is Katy Faust and I’m the founder of the children’s rights organization Them Before Us. I am the former Assistant Director of Chinese Children Adoption International, the...