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...
by Katy Faust | Aug 24, 2022 | The Latest
(Originally published in the Washington Examiner) It’s been seven years since the Supreme Court made gay marriage the law of the land. Those of us who raised objections to this decision and argued that redefining marriage would redefine family and encourage...
