No, Our Fertility Challenges Don’t Mean We Can Violate the Rights of Children
Fertility issues seem to be a growing problem in the west. We all know and love someone who has struggled with infertility or lost a child to miscarriage. Having empathy for our loved ones facing infertility is critical. For those dedicated to children’s rights...
Amie’s story | “I feel inadequate, anxious, unable to attach to people, fearful of being abandoned.”
My family structure seems ideal from the outside, 2 biological married parents, heterosexual. Initially struggling to conceive. Back in the early 80’s there was no IVF on demand, but they tried all the medical options. They tried this for 6 years until they were...
Massachusetts Bill Would Allow Women To Sell Their Unborn Children
(Originally published in The Federalist) On June 12, the Massachusetts House is expected to vote on a bill that would allow mothers to exchange their children for money—that is, engage in baby-selling—under the name of “parentage equality.” The “Parentage Equality”...
Katy Faust at North Carolina Family Policy Council’s 2024 Dinner
Katy, along with some of our colleagues from the Them Before Us team, recently took part in the North Carolina Family Policy Council’s annual Raleigh Dinner. Katy delivered a compelling speech on the imperative for Christians to safeguard children and their rights....
If You’re Pro-Life And Pro-Family, You Can’t Be Pro-IVF
(Originally published in The Federalist) On Monday, Sens. Ted Cruz and Katie Britt unveiled their IVF Protection Act to ensure “IVF is fully protected at the federal level.” The bill would make states “ineligible to receive Medicaid funding if they have enacted an...
What Ted Cruz, Katie Britt Get Wrong About IVF
(Originally published in The Daily Signal) Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., announced Monday that they are introducing a bill that would ensure access to in vitro fertilization by amending the Social Security Act. Under their IVF Protection Act, any...
IVF Modernizes Ancient Eugenic Practices Of ‘Selective Breeding’
(Originally published in The Society of St. Sebastian and The Federalist) (Image Source) The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent and right decision to deem embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as people sparked concern from fertility facilities regarding...
Revisiting the Primal Wound
Whether one calls it a “Primal Wound” or simply trauma, maternal separation and loss are no small matter and must never be dismissed or downplayed. When we choose to put Them (children) before Us (the adults) we recognize that children are harmed when adults refuse to do hard things.
Surrogacy Makes More Babies. Pro-Lifers Should Still Oppose It.
(Originally published in Christianity Today) On April 8, the Vatican issued Dignitas Infinita, a 20-page document rejecting a variety of practices that violate human dignity. Unsurprisingly, these included human trafficking, violence against women, abortion,...
A Children’s Rights Perspective on Embryo Adoption
Originally published in The Natural Family, June 1, 2020 by Katy Faust As a children’s rights advocate, I defend children’s universally-recognized right to life and right to their mother and father.[1] That means while I can (and do) sympathize with adults’ very...
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