2020 Round Up!
It's been a tough year for everyone. But despite the pandemic, the distancing, and the economic challenges, children's rights have marched on. Here's a round-up of what Them Before Us has accomplished in 2020, thanks to your support. We wrote a book! Them Before Us-...
Why We Think About Divorce, Surrogacy, And Family From The Wrong Perspective
(Originally published at The Federalist) Katy Faust is co-author of the new book, “Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement,” and director of the non-profit Them Before Us. She...
Twenty-seven Year-Old Babies: The Promise and Perils of Embryo Adoption
The birth of Emma and Molly should result in two seemingly contradictory but simultaneous responses: the redoubling of our efforts to halt the creation of surplus embryos left to languish in freezers, and the celebration of the two beautiful girls who made it out.
For the child, surrogacy is the gift that keeps on taking
On November 29th, 2020, a woman who acted as a gestational surrogate for her best friend posted on reddit that her friend had passed away recently, leaving the young girl to whom she had given birth without a mother. Unsurprisingly, the child’s father is now insistent...
Giving Tuesday 2020!
At Them Before Us, YOU are a major part of “Us,” the adults who are rising up to defend Them (children). YOU are part of this amazing children’s rights coalition of gay and straight, religious and irreligious, Georgians (peach eaters) and Georgians (Russian speaker). Without YOU, there would be no Us.
The Need for More Restrictive IVF Legislation
(Reprinted with permission from the Society of St. Sebastian) Abstract. In our current society, the push for less restriction on reproductive technologies is prevalent. IVF and surrogacy, however, inherently possess many injustices for human beings. Therefore, more...
I’m A Children’s Rights Activist. That’s Why I’m Voting For Trump
I didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016, but this year, only an act of God could stop me from doing so. I make no excuses for Trump’s loose Twitter finger, and I still wince over the laundry list of cringe-worthy statements and undisciplined behavior we’ve all...
Them Before Us Has a Book (You should read it!)
There’s nothing else on bookshelves that approaches all questions about marriage, family, parenthood, surrogacy, adoption, reproductive technologies, divorce, same-sex parenting, cohabitation and polygamy from the child’s perspective: a perspective that is birthing a new generation of children’s rights advocates.
Fast Children’s Rights Response to “Why do you oppose gay marriage?”
Do you struggle to succinctly explain why you oppose gay marriage? You aren't the only one. Here's a child centric outline for those conversations. 1. Children have a natural right to their mother and father. Adults care which newborn they take home from the hospital....
In Vitro Gametogenesis: The Dystopian Technology Designed to Dismantle Reproduction and Heterosexuality
(Originally published at United Families International) The “Poly-Parent Households are Coming,” a recent OpEd from the New York Times tells us. The article’s author, Debora Spar, correctly identifies the underlying causes of the massive shift in our concept of the...
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