Why We Really Can’t Celebrate Both Surrogacy and Mother’s Day
Originally published at The Daily Signal When it comes to motherhood, our cultural stream produces both salt water and fresh water: We declare mothers to be irreplaceable in one breath, and say that mothers are completely optional in the next. While the nation was...
Sacrificing the Well Being of Children: New York’s Legalization of Commercial Surrogacy
(Originally published on United Families International) Last year New York had a heated debate about overturning their decades-long ban on surrogacy enacted after the “Baby M” case where a surrogate did what mothers tend to do; bond with her baby and refuse to give...
Dear South Dakota, Babies Aren’t Commodities
IN SUPPORT OF HB 1096 Dear Members of the House Judiciary Committee; My name is Katy Faust. I am the founder and director of the children’s rights organization Them Before Us. We represent the party who is most impacted by HB 1096: the children. Here are four ways...