by Them Before Us | Mar 28, 2024 | #ANDnotOR, #ANDnotORlearn, Justice, The Latest
The deceptively named “Michigan Family Protection Act”—a package of bills legalizing commercial surrogacy and allowing intent-based parenting—passed the Michigan legislature this week and is making its way to Governor Whitmer’s desk. Here is what Them Before Us...
by Katie Breckenridge | Dec 7, 2023 | Surrogacy, The Latest
(Originally published in The Federalist) The Michigan House passed the Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act, HBs 5207-5215, on Nov. 9, 2023. These bills seek to legalize surrogacy, which is still a misdemeanor in Michigan, and establish parentage rights...
by Katy Faust | Nov 1, 2023 | The Latest
(Originally published in The European Conservative) Dear PM Meloni, You’re right about surrogacy. You’re right about birth certificates. And you’re right about defending the traditional family. How do I know you’re right? Because I’ve been collecting the stories of...
by Katy Faust | Feb 27, 2023 | Justice
Dear Mr. Minister Vít Rakušan, My name is Katy Faust and I am the President of Them Before Us. We represent the children who will be harmed if you allow same-sex couples to be listed on a child’s birth certificate. Millie Fontana was raised by two mothers. When she...
by Them Before Us | Jul 19, 2021 | Stories |
(Originally published on Tangled Webs UK) Discovering, aged 32, that I was donor conceived was, to put it mildly, a bombshell. It made complete sense, explaining the lack of similarity to my social father, not to mention the tensions between us. It explained why I...