by Them Before Us | Jan 22, 2018 | Justice, Studies |
Members of the law and justice committee,* Thank you for the opportunity to be here. My name is Katy Faust and I’m the founder of the children’s rights organization Them Before Us. I am the former Assistant Director of Chinese Children Adoption International, the...
by Katy Faust | Jan 9, 2018 | The Latest |
The Washington State legislature is planning to ring in the new year by violating children’s rights as they consider SB 6037, “The Uniform Parenting Act.” In discussions on family structure- whether you’re talking about marriage, divorce, or the booming...
by Katy Faust | Jan 5, 2018 | Justice, The Latest |
SB 6037 normalizes the destruction of the biological parent/child relationship. That is a violation of the universally-acknowledged children’s right to be known and loved, whenever possible, by both genetic parents. A biological relationship with parents matters to...
by Jennifer Friesen | May 24, 2017 | The Latest |
Recently, the hosts of The View discussed a new phone app called Just a Baby which “helps you find a surrogate, partner, co-parent, sperm, or egg donor – or find someone that needs your help to have a baby.” Their reactions ranged from “this makes me crazy”...
by Katy Faust | Apr 17, 2017 | Foundations, Studies |
Them Before Us is categorically against third-party reproduction. We are also whole-hearted supporters of adoption. Both adoption and donor-conception involve loss for children. In both situations a child is living with at least one non-biological parent. Donor...
