by Katy Faust | Apr 11, 2024 | Surrogacy
(Originally published at The Federalist) When Catholics, Protestants, Feminists, and Marxists all agree on something, you know it’s bad.” Those were the sentiments of Swedish author Kajsa Ekis Ekman, who appeared on a panel of journalists at the second annual...
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...
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 | Mar 1, 2024 | The Latest |
(Originally published in World News Group) Last month, Democratic senators Tammy Duckworth, Patty Murray, and Susan Wild unveiled their Access to Family Building Act to protect “access to fertility treatments.” The bill essentially recognizes an adult’s “right”...
