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The Babies We're Not Having
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (346+ words) Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Technology and the Human Person The most striking data point isn't the overall birth rate. It's this: for the first time, nearly half of all 30-year-old American women are childless. The reality is that the…...
Net-Zero Children: Climate Anxiety Needlessly Fuels a Fertility Crisis
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (593+ words) Former Director, Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment Among U. S. adults under 50 who say they're unlikely to ever have children, roughly one in four cite environmental concerns. Young Americans deciding whether to have children deserve an accurate picture of the world…...
Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (356+ words) The American family is in crisis as marriage and birth rates plummet. The model of a man and woman raising their children in a loving and committed home has become both less desirable and less attainable to the average American....
Heritage's "Save the Family" Plan Empowers Women
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (549+ words) Reams of empirical data prove that marriage is one of the surest paths out of poverty and government dependence. The Heritage report encourages policies that allow women more flexibility in their work. As a mother of a young girl, I…...
The Conservative Case for More Pro-Marriage Democrats
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (403+ words) Director, Richard and Helen De Vos Center for Human Flourishing As both candidate and president, President Obama regularly drew a connection between family structure and social outcomes. But hostility to marriage and family structure'as policy matters'is bad for everyone, especially…...
How Do Families Thrive?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (223+ words) Director, Richard and Helen De Vos Center for Human Flourishing Re "The Heritage Foundation's War on Gender Equality," by Jessica Grose (Opinion, Jan. 28): Ms. Grose's essay criticizing the Heritage Foundation's new family policy report offers an example of how political…...
No Marriage. No Babies. No Future. America's Going From Birth to Death
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (598+ words) The collapse of marriage and family life represents the gravest threat to our great nation's future. We are done watching our kids fall further behind, our families struggle and our societal pillars crumble, and we are calling for action that…...
What Conservatives Miss About Marriage
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (802+ words) Editorial Fellow, Media and Public Relations As conservatives, we're fond of praising marriage and family, and for good reason'marriage is both a cornerstone and a hallmark of a healthy society. The conservative movement can't seem to get its fill of…...
The Wreckage From Obergefell
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (211+ words) Research Fellow, Richard and Helen De Vos Center For Christians, Obergefellshould be a reminder that every structure reflects the handiwork of its designer. Anyone who believes there is no good reason to restrict the definition of marriage to one man…...
Forget the Battle of the Sexes, This Generation Wants a Battle-Mate
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (546+ words) Policy Analyst, Center for Technology and the Human Person The highest vision for marriage and family is found in cultivating one's gifts to build a strong, thriving home." Women are dissatisfied with the life script they've been offered with girl-boss…...