The Andrew Klavan Show How Surrogacy Enables Child Predators | Katy Faust
Sep 3, 2025
Katy Faust, President of Them Before Us and editor of Pro-Child Politics, passionately discusses the critical need to prioritize children's rights over adult desires. She tackles the challenges of surrogacy and its effects on children's well-being, arguing for stable family structures. Faust critiques modern divorce policies and the societal impacts of marriage equality on child welfare. She emphasizes the emotional losses in adoption and criticizes the fertility industry, calling for a cultural shift to protect children's rights amidst contemporary family dynamics.
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Center Children’s Rights First
- Katy Faust argues we should elevate children's natural rights above adult desires in policy and culture.
- She names rights to life, parents, innocence, and bodily integrity as foundational for fixing many issues.
Restore Accountability In Divorce
- Return toward an at-fault approach in divorce law to protect children from unnecessary parental breakups.
- Impose penalties or reduced rewards for the spouse who abandons vows to discourage no-fault exits.
Marriage Traits Protect Children
- Faust links permanence, complementarity, and monogamy to child safety and well-being.
- She warns loosening these marriage traits increases unrelated adults living with children and raises abuse risk.
