Virginia’s HB1979 Harms Children

by Katy Faust | Feb 8, 2019 | EXPORT, Justice

February 8, 2019 Re: HB1979 on Assisted Conception; Amends Statute to Provide Gender-Neutral Terminology, etc. Honorable Senators, My name is Katy Faust and I am the founder of the children’s rights organization, Them Before Us. We represent the party that you haven’t...

Disaster Surrogacy Cases Sanctioned by Washington State’s SB 6037

by Katy Faust | Feb 12, 2018 | EXPORT, Justice, Uncategorized

When people think about surrogacy, it’s always from the adult’s perspective- the infertile couple with no way to have children, or the gay couple who needs a “surrogate angel” to complete their family. But there are very real risks to children...

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...

Donor Conceived People Oppose Washington State’s Uniform Parentage Act (SB 6037)

by Katy Faust | Jan 5, 2018 | EXPORT, Justice

SB 6037 normalizes the destruction of the biological parent/child relationship. That is a violation of the universally-acknowledged children’s right to be known and loved, whenever possible, by both genetic parents.  A biological relationship with parents matters to...

Breeding puppies: Bad. Breeding babies: Good.

by Katy Faust | Nov 2, 2017 | EXPORT, Justice

California will become the first state to ban pet stores from selling animals from commercial breeders.  Governor Jerry Brown signed the law that animal rights advocates hope will limit the “needless suffering” of animals for sale in the state. The bill...