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....
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...
Artificial Wombs Will Compound the Harm Reproductive Tech Inflicts on Children
(Originally published in Public Discourse) The first time I walked into a Chinese orphanage, I picked up a little girl and held her close. At the time, I was working for a Chinese adoption agency, and while I was not yet a mother, I instinctively started rocking and...
Testifying against Michigan’s “Family Protection Act”
The deceptively named “Michigan Family Protection Act”—a package of bills legalizing commercial surrogacy and allowing intent-based parenting—passed the Michigan legislature this week and is making its way to Governor Whitmer’s desk. Here is what Them Before Us...
Testifying against Minnesota HF 3567
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...
Children’s rights win in the Czech Republic!
We recently provided emergency support to the Czech Republic. Members of Parliament were fighting to legalize same-sex marriage and were flooded with activists talking about how same-sex marriage would benefit children. We sent them the actual story of a woman who was...
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