The Family Foundation Joins National Movement Spotlighting First-Ever Children’s Rights Scorecard
LEXINGTON, KY – The Family Foundation recently joined a national movement spotlighting a first of its kind Children’s Rights Scorecard exposing how laws across states impact children, entirely reshaping how public policy is viewed and crafted.
Developed by Them Before Us, a global children’s rights organization dedicated to putting kids’ needs before adult desires, the scorecard is the first tool to clearly measure whether policies put children first or sideline them in favor of adult interests.
The scorecard evaluates laws through a child-centered lens, focusing on children’s rights to stability, identity, and family connection. The scorecard’s website offers an interactive, easy to navigate platform where users can explore policy grades, compare issues, and clearly see where laws help or fail children.
As policy debates often fixate on economics and adult desires, this scorecard tool refocuses the conversation on what matters most: Are we putting children first?
Statement from David Walls, executive director of The Family Foundation:
“While I’m thankful that Kentucky is a higher ranked state for children’s rights, we still have much work to do. I hope this scorecard will help Kentucky truly prioritize children over adult desires, strengthen families, and allow us to create a clear pathway for how to improve outcomes for children in our Commonwealth. We will not stop until children and their needs are made top priority in our parenting, surrogacy, assisted reproduction, and marriage and divorce laws so that Kentucky can be the leading pro-family state in the nation.”
Statement from Katy Faust, Founder and President of Them Before Us:
“Children are the most vulnerable members of society, and they deserve policies that protect them. For decades, we’ve passed laws that prioritize adult desires and called it ‘progress,’ while children bear the heavy cost. When lawmakers can clearly see where policies protect children and where they fail them, it creates real pressure to shift priorities and reshape laws so they truly support and uphold children’s rights.”
Key Findings for Kentucky: Overall Grade B
● For Parentage, Kentucky’s laws were scored Very Good.
● For Surrogacy, Kentucky’s laws were scored Good.
● For Donor/IVF, Kentucky’s laws were scored Fair.
● For Marriage, Kentucky’s laws were scored Fair.
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