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No, Our Fertility Challenges Don’t Mean We Can Violate the Rights of Children

No, Our Fertility Challenges Don’t Mean We Can Violate the Rights of Children

by Jennifer | Jul 2, 2024 | Infertiity, Stories

Fertility issues seem to be a growing problem in the west. We all know and love someone who has struggled with infertility or lost a child to miscarriage. Having empathy for our loved ones facing infertility is critical. For those dedicated to children’s rights...
Surrogacy Makes More Babies. Pro-Lifers Should Still Oppose It.

Surrogacy Makes More Babies. Pro-Lifers Should Still Oppose It.

by Katy Faust | Apr 18, 2024 | The Latest | 2 comments

(Originally published in Christianity Today) On April 8, the Vatican issued Dignitas Infinita, a 20-page document rejecting a variety of practices that violate human dignity. Unsurprisingly, these included human trafficking, violence against women, abortion,...
A Children’s Rights Perspective on Embryo Adoption

A Children’s Rights Perspective on Embryo Adoption

by Katy Faust | Apr 11, 2024 | #ANDnotOR, #ANDnotORlearn, Foundations, The Latest

Originally published in The Natural Family, June 1, 2020 by Katy Faust As a children’s rights advocate, I defend children’s universally-recognized right to life and right to their mother and father.[1] That means while I can (and do) sympathize with adults’ very...
Artificial Wombs Will Compound the Harm Reproductive Tech Inflicts on Children

Artificial Wombs Will Compound the Harm Reproductive Tech Inflicts on Children

by Katy Faust | Apr 8, 2024 | #ANDnotOR, #ANDnotORlearn, The Latest

(Originally published in Public Discourse) The first time I walked into a Chinese orphanage, I picked up a little girl and held her close. At the time, I was working for a Chinese adoption agency, and while I was not yet a mother, I instinctively started rocking and...
Testifying against Michigan’s “Family Protection Act”

Testifying against Michigan’s “Family Protection Act”

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...
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