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South Korea finds economic stability is key to encourage marriage and family

South Korea finds economic stability is key to encourage marriage and family

Dec 22, 2025 |

A December 2025 government survey in South Korea has pointed out several economic factors as crucial drivers for marriage and childbirth, reinforcing the idea that economic empowerment can encourage family life amid the country’s birth rate crisis. A new survey in South Korea has revealed that security in employment, income, and home ownership make a significant difference in men and women’s likelihood in seeking marriage and family.

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Amid Fear of Attacks, Many Nigerians Mute Christmas

Amid Fear of Attacks, Many Nigerians Mute Christmas

Dec 22, 2025 |

In past Decembers, pastor Paul Maina’s congregation at Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) Njilang in Chibok, Borno state, Nigeria, spent the week before Christmas celebrating. They often went house to house, singing in the local Cibak language, dancing, bearing gifts, and sharing meals. Maina prepared a midnight Christmas Eve service at church. Non-Christian neighbors joined in the festivities.

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House passes bill to criminalize transgender mutilation of children

House passes bill to criminalize transgender mutilation of children

Dec 22, 2025 |

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-211 Wednesday to criminalize performing gender transition procedures on minors, although its prospects of making it through the Senate are doubtful. Introduced by outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the Protect Children’s Innocence Act would impose fines and/or up to 10 years in prison on anyone who “knowingly performs, or attempts to perform, genital or bodily mutilation on another person who is a minor”; “knowingly chemically castrates a minor”; or knowingly “facilitates or consents to female genital mutilation of a minor” or “transports a minor for the purpose of the performance of female genital mutilation on such minor.”

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Even Under Threat, Pregnancy Resource Centers Are Thriving

Even Under Threat, Pregnancy Resource Centers Are Thriving

Dec 22, 2025 |

Each year, pregnancy resource centers (also known as crisis pregnancy centers) open their doors daily to serve over one million pregnant women across all 50 states. These centers represent a robust grassroots network of organizations seeking to serve women who are pregnant and under-resourced in some way, whether being financially unstable, medically uninsured, or unsupported by a partner or family.

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