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Putting Children at the Center of Family Policy

Putting Children at the Center of Family Policy

by Katy Faust | Apr 7, 2023 | The Latest | 2 comments

(Originally published in Public Discourse) The landscape around marriage and the family has drastically changed over the past sixty years. Culturally, adult sexual desire, choice, and identity have been elevated as the highest goods. Legally, no-fault divorce...
How the GOP Can Become the Pro-Child Party

How the GOP Can Become the Pro-Child Party

by Katy Faust | Feb 21, 2023 | The Latest | 3 comments

(Originally published in Newsweek) Glenn Youngkin’s 2021 upset win in the Virginia governor’s race introduced a new voting bloc: parents. Since then, threats to parental rights have only increased, with blue states like California declaring themselves...
Letter to European Commission on Certificate of Parenthood legislation

Letter to European Commission on Certificate of Parenthood legislation

by Them Before Us | Feb 3, 2023 | Justice | 9 comments

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...
IVF & Abortion Trigger Bans: The Reality That Not All Prenatal Life Is Protected

IVF & Abortion Trigger Bans: The Reality That Not All Prenatal Life Is Protected

by Katie Breckenridge | Dec 14, 2022 | The Latest

(Originally published in The Society of St. Sebastian) The question of whether the disposal of embryos created through the In Vitro Fertilization process violated Tennessee’s “Human Life Protection Act,”[I] an act which criminalizes abortion as a Class C felony in all...
No, Manufacturing Children In A Petri Dish Isn’t A Reproductive Right

No, Manufacturing Children In A Petri Dish Isn’t A Reproductive Right

by Katie Breckenridge | Nov 8, 2022 | The Latest

(Originally published in The Federalist) Illinois state Rep. Margaret Croke recently introduced House Bill 5779, a bill to legally secure a right “to make autonomous decisions about one’s own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to use or refuse...
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