Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children's Rights Movement

Written by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning

Narrated by Katy Faust

This well-researched book identifies the wide-ranging harms resulting from mother- and father-loss and provides a roadmap for effective children’s-rights advocacy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Black Hills Audiobooks, LLC
• Release date: Mar 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666547276

Katy Faust

Katy Faust is the founder and director of Them Before Us. Her articles and interviews about why marriage is a matter of social justice for kids have appeared in a wide range of publications, and she has filed several amicus briefs supporting children’s rights and advocated on behalf of children with lawmakers in the US and abroad. The Washington state leader for the grassroots marriage movement CanaVox, she is married to a pastor and the mother of four children.

Reviews for Them Before Us

[beccalynn2416 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Poorly researched, incredibly biased, and focused on pushing a singular narrative regarding what type of home children should be in. There’s so many logical fallacies and misinterpreted data in this book.

There are many places where I don’t necessarily disagree with the authors on the existence of issues in society. I have deep concerns about the fertility industry and would strongly support donor conceived people-led legislation and regulation of the industry. I don’t, however, think that the authors accurately represents the donor conceived peoples rights movement.

The authors also very conveniently skirt around the movements led by adopted children to abolish the adoption for profit industry.

That being said. This book actively advocates for “traditional marriage,” uses extremely ableist and transphobic message, and uses smoking pot and attending therapy as two markers that people have a negative life.

I read this because I find it’s important to be informed about the opinions of people who support legislation that would negatively impact society. It’s so scary to know that there are people spreading such misinformation through manipulation of data. I hate that the name children’s rights has been co-opted by the anti abortion movement, especially because the primary recipient of “late term abortions” are young children who have been abused, often by the biological family members that the authors herald as the end all be of who should be allowed to parent.