Rashell’s story | “I can say with 100% certainty that my life would have been so much easier had my parents just stuck it out.”

by Them Before Us | Jan 21, 2020 | EXPORT, Stories

My parents were young when they married. They were both 17. My mother was still in high school and pregnant. She graduated but my dad didn’t. He worked in the oilfield in Oklahoma and made great money when times were good. I was their only child. I’m 41...

An Open Letter to Lois Smart

by Max Thomas | Jan 12, 2020 | EXPORT, The Latest

Dear Lois, My heart grieved when I heard your soon-to-be ex-husband, Ed Smart, came out as gay.  Especially when I heard him say that coming out was “more difficult” for him than those agonizing months of Elizabeth’s kidnapping.  Only in a world where adult sexual...

We Need More Judges Who Realize How Monetizing Wombs Hurts Women And Children

by Katy Faust | Dec 10, 2019 | EXPORT, The Latest

(Originally published at The Federalist) The liberal media collective has lost their minds over the confirmation of President Trump appointee Sarah Pitlyk to a seat in a federal court. What is the outrage du jour? That the Honorable Judge Pitlyk recognizes the...

Fairfax Cryobank’s “Thanksgiving Sperm Raffle Photo Contest” Draws Ire of Donor Conceived

by Nick Isel | Dec 7, 2019 | EXPORT, The Latest

This is not the first time, and surely won’t be the last, that a fertility clinic is conducting a promotional give-away to market their company and services. The California Cryobank does the same every year on their “spermiversary.”    However, many donor conceived...

Why Embryo Adoption Damages Children’s Rights

by Katy Faust | Dec 5, 2019 | EXPORT, The Latest

(Originally published at The Federalist) A Colorado couple recently gave birth to a baby boy who was not genetically related to either parent, and they were elated. A few months earlier, another couple gave birth to twins who were not genetically related to either...

Giving Tuesday!

by Katy Faust | Nov 27, 2019 | EXPORT, The Latest

2019 was a huge year for Them Before Us. Here’s a just a taste of what we accomplished: Presented at Trinity Law School Human Rights Conference Collaborated with the Colson Center on their new educational platform Changed the hearts of the Czech people with this...