by Them Before Us | Jul 6, 2024 | Stories
(Originally published on Reddit) I just want to start this with saying I love my dads so much, they’ve always been good to me and I’m really close with both of them. But I also can’t help this feeling of resentment I’ve felt for so long and I’m not sure it’s anything...
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 Them Before Us | Mar 28, 2024 | Justice, The Latest
Dear Chair Becker-Finn and Members, My name is Katy Faust, I am the founder and President of Them Before Us—a nonprofit committed to defending children’s rights to their mothers and fathers. I am writing in opposition HF 3567 because of the significant and lasting...
by Katy Faust | Dec 7, 2023 | Surrogacy
(Originally published in The Federalist) Yet another gay conservative surrogate-born baby announcement has been met with another round of conservative elites offering their congratulations. Mind you, many of these same people surely objected to the hospital bed photo...
by Katie Breckenridge | Dec 5, 2023 | Studies, The Latest
In a European study of child outcomes, researchers evaluated the children born to gay couples through surrogacy and compared them to those born to heterosexual couples. The study participants included 67 gay couples who became parents via gestational surrogacy and 67...