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”...
by Katy Faust | Mar 1, 2024 | Surrogacy
(Originally published in The Federalist) Surrogacy is risky for children. Not just the risk of a primal wound via intentional birth mother separation. Not just the risk of identity struggles if their genetic mother is purchased from a catalog. Not just the risk...
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 7, 2023 | Surrogacy
(Originally published in The Federalist) The Michigan House passed the Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act, HBs 5207-5215, on Nov. 9, 2023. These bills seek to legalize surrogacy, which is still a misdemeanor in Michigan, and establish parentage rights...