by Katy Faust | Mar 21, 2025 | The Latest |
(Originally published in World News Group) A non-binding resolution in Idaho is challenging Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court’s 2015 gay marriage ruling. Shaky judicial grounds aside, Idaho argues marriage law is a matter of states’ rights—SCOTUS lacks the...
by Them Before Us | Oct 17, 2023 | Stories
I was a donor-conceived (IVF) child and a twin born in 1995. My mother desperately wanted to have children but with no prospect of a traditional family. She lived in central California in the 90’s and was near a larger IVF facility. She proceeded to try multiple...
by Them Before Us | Oct 17, 2023 | The Latest
(Originally published in The American Conservative) When Katy Faust spoke at the third National Conservative conference in Florida in 2022, her speech had a simple refrain: “This is a child.” Applying the Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers story (“Gentlemen, this is a...
by Them Before Us | Feb 3, 2023 | Justice |
Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Katy Faust. I am President of Them Before Us, a global children’s rights nonprofit. I write regarding the proposed European Certificate of Parenthood/Regulation on Cross-Border Parenthood on behalf of the children whose rights will...
by Katie Breckenridge | Jan 12, 2023 | The Latest
(Originally published in The Federalist) Rachel and Philip Ridgeway sought to make the best of a situation formed through brokenness by adopting embryos who had been frozen for almost 30 years. Their love resulted in breaking a world record late last year when the...