Check out your state’s score on protecting children from anti-family policies
A recent report by Them Before Us reveals that nearly two-thirds of U.S. states received a grade of C or worse for their family policies regarding children's rights. The report highlights concerns over how laws prioritize adult desires over children's needs, particularly in relation to LGBTQ+ policies. Only one state, Nebraska, received an A- grade, while Washington D.C. scored the lowest overall.
- ▪Them Before Us released a scorecard evaluating states on family policies affecting children's rights.
- ▪Nearly two-thirds of states received a grade of C or worse, indicating a failure to prioritize children's needs.
- ▪Nebraska was the only state to receive an A- grade, while Washington D.C. received the lowest score.
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News Check out your state’s score on protecting children from anti-family policies ‘The grades are in and they aren't good. Nearly two-thirds of all states received a letter grade of C or worse,' a Them Before Us report revealed. Shutterstock LifeSiteNewsstaff 0 LifeSiteNews staff Comments 0 Thu May 21, 2026 - 3:59 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — How does your state stack up when it comes to protecting children’s rights against LGBTQ+ policy harms put into place by woke leftist politicians and bureaucrats? The global children’s rights organization Them Before Us (TBU) just released a new scorecard report that judges each state’s family policies on how well they prioritize children’s rights, including threats in parentage and marriage law, as well as threats from surrogacy, donor conception, and…
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