Federalist Radio Hour ‘The Kylee Cast’ feat. Katy Faust, Ep. 24: Why IVF, Gay Marriage, And Divorce All Violate Kids' Rights
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Jan 15, 2026 
Katy Faust is a children's rights advocate, author, and founder of the nonprofit Them Before Us. In this engaging conversation, she delves into how IVF commodifies children and raises parental-loss concerns. Katy discusses the discrepancies in adoption versus surrogacy practices, emphasizes the need for restoring reproductive medicine, and critiques the impact of gay marriage on parenthood laws. She urges adults to prioritize children's rights over personal desires and advocates for policy reforms to ensure children's welfare remains central in family law.
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Put Children’s Rights First
- Katy Faust frames many modern family issues as adults prioritizing desires over children's rights.
- She argues society must put children's right to their mother and father before adult preferences.
Personal Roots Of Her Advocacy
- Katy Faust recounts her upbringing with divorced parents and a mother in a same-sex partnership.
- Her ministry and adoption work shaped her focus on children's rights to mother and father.
IVF’s Hidden Child Loss
- Katy Faust calls IVF anti-child because many embryos are created, graded, frozen, or discarded.
- She estimates roughly 97% of lab-created embryos never result in a born child.
