HIV positive sperm donors inflict a wave of continued father loss on children

by Katie Breckenridge | Dec 29, 2021 | EXPORT, The Latest

(Image Source: Doyle Dane Bernbach) In 2019, New Zealand opened the world’s first “HIV Positive” sperm bank in an attempt to reduce the stigma around HIV positive men. Two years later, a handful of babies have been created from HIV positive sperm donors. The sperm...

Sarah St. Onge’s story | “I needed a father, as do most other girls growing up in single parent homes.”

by Them Before Us | Jul 29, 2020 | EXPORT, Stories

In 2016 I purchased an Ancestry DNA test. It sat on my counter for a week before I spit into the tube and mailed it out — sending my genetic material off into the universe, hoping to find some information about myself and where I came from. The idea was terrifying in...

To Truly Reduce Racial Disparities, We Must Acknowledge Black Fathers Matter

by Them Before Us | Jun 13, 2020 | EXPORT, The Latest

(Originally published at The Federalist) Americans must confront the injustice of George Floyd’s death and examine issues of police use of force. We should review sentencing guidelines and revisit qualified immunity. We must never dismiss the generational effects of...

Victoria’s story | “The impact of total abandonment by my biological father, and in part by my mother, has left me with emotional pain that still plays out today.”

by Them Before Us | May 1, 2020 | EXPORT, Stories

My purpose in writing this is to explain some of the pain I have experienced by not having my mother and father raise me.  I hope my story can be a cautionary tale for anyone considering sex outside of traditional marriage.  In no way do I advocate for abortion.  I am...

Maggie’s story | “I’ll never fully heal from having an absent father and being raised by a single mother.”

by Them Before Us | May 27, 2019 | Stories

I grew up as an only child of a single mother, and as a young kid I never really questioned it. My father had been around briefly when I was born up until age 3. I saw him a few times a year after that, and then not at all from ages 5-11.   It seemed so simple to me...