Them Before Us 2023 interviews and articles overview

2023 has been quite a year for spreading the children’s rights message! We’ve had video and podcast interviews across 38 platforms, including chats with Lila Rose, Allie Beth Stuckey, and Kristan Hawkins.  We’ve written for 11 platforms such as World News Group,...

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Overview – Updates from London

At the start of the year, I was invited to join the Advisory Board for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Spearheaded by Jordan Peterson of Canada, John Anderson of Australia, and Philippa Stroud of the UK, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship is “an...

Opposition to Michigan Surrogacy HBs 5207–5215

Dear Chair Breen and members, Them Before Us is a nonprofit committed to defending children’s rights to their mothers and fathers. We are writing in opposition to HBs 5207–5215 because of the significant and lasting harm that they pose to Michigan’s most vulnerable...
What YOU said about the importance of Dads

What YOU said about the importance of Dads

Ahead of Father's Day, we asked our social media followers and advocates: From lighthearted to serious, children's rights activists honed in on the distinctive that only dads can offer their children. While he certainly gave me the 'girl talk' on the day I needed that...

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Them Before Us – Your Children’s Rights Podcast

Them Before Us – Your Children’s Rights Podcast

We're excited to announce that the inaugural episode of the Them Before Us Podcast has finally dropped. We intend for this to be yet another resource for all of you children's rights advocates out there. Our aim is to look at legal and cultural news and how to view...

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Win for Children’s Rights: Them Before Us Combated Bill in Minnesota Subsidizing Donor Conception

Win for Children’s Rights: Them Before Us Combated Bill in Minnesota Subsidizing Donor Conception

Them Before Us joined with allies in Minnesota to combat a bill that would have required insurance companies to subsidize the fertility industry and intentionally deny children a relationship with one or both of their biological parents. At the end of Minnesota’s legislative session the language was removed from the final version of the Health and Human Services Omnibus bill in conference committee.

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Putting Children at the Center of Family Policy

Putting Children at the Center of Family Policy

(Originally published in Public Discourse) The landscape around marriage and the family has drastically changed over the past sixty years. Culturally, adult sexual desire, choice, and identity have been elevated as the highest goods. Legally, no-fault divorce...

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How the GOP Can Become the Pro-Child Party

How the GOP Can Become the Pro-Child Party

(Originally published in Newsweek) Glenn Youngkin's 2021 upset win in the Virginia governor's race introduced a new voting bloc: parents. Since then, threats to parental rights have only increased, with blue states like California declaring themselves "sanctuary...

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