by Them Before Us | Nov 4, 2018 | Stories |
I was kidnapped when I was 8 months old. My father snuck me out of a diner in Albuquerque, NM while my mother was in the bathroom. My father moved me around quite a bit and stayed off the grid as much as possible to avoid detection from my mother. In Denver Colorado...
by Katy Faust | Sep 8, 2018 | The Latest |
(Originally published at The Federalist) Every now and then you come across an article that perfectly illustrates how grossly adult-centric the debate surrounding family has become — to the exclusion of the rights and needs of children. In her article “I Had To Get A...
by Katy Faust | Jun 21, 2018 | The Latest
“It’s horrendous: The heartache of a migrant boy taken from his father.” “It’s inhumane: Hollywood protests separation of children from their parents.” “Newborn separated from mother while she was breastfeeding.” “Hundreds of immigrant children have been taken...
by Them Before Us | Jan 22, 2018 | Around the World, 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...
by Katy Faust | Sep 13, 2017 | Foundations |
Them Before Us supports adoption, when it is properly understood. Adoption must always be viewed as a child-centric institution, not simply as a means for adults to have children. No adult – heterosexual, homosexual, or single- has a “right” to adopt. Rather,...
