How Can Social Policy Stop the LGBTQ Assault on Children’s Rights?
Tyler O’Neil
• May 19, 2026
Changes to parenting laws brought about by LGBTQ activism have undermined children's rights, according to Them Before Us.
A boy carries a rainbow flag on June 26, 2016, in New York City. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—From no-fault divorce to same-sex marriage to assisted reproductive technologies, America is increasingly privileging the desires of adults over children’s rights, according to a nonprofit with a concrete plan to reverse this trend.
The group Them Before Us released a new scorecard Tuesday, first obtained by the Daily Signal, that judges state family policies on how well they prioritize children’s rights.
“Most people can see something is deeply broken as families collapse, birth rates plummet, and kids suffer while society keeps acting shocked by the consequences,” Katy Faust, founder and president of Them Before Us, told the Daily Signal.
“But very few people are offering actual solutions,” she lamented. “This scorecard is groundbreaking because it finally puts real reforms on the table, from confronting the Wild West of assisted reproductive technologies to pushing back on divorce policies that make family instability worse to so-called ‘intent-based’ parentage that places children in vulnerable situations.”
“The real question is: Are we willing to build laws and policies around what is best for children, or around what adults want?” Faust concluded.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/19/how-can-social-policy-stop-lgbtq-assault-childrens-rights/
