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New Research Shows How Fatherhood Uniquely Boosts Child Health

New medical research from a group of Penn State scholars provides new evidence on the unique importance of a father’s role in boosting the physiological health of his children. Appearing in the journal Health Psychology, this longitudinal research is the first of its kind to document how warm and engaged fathering in early childhood raises “children’s later cardiometabolic health.”

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UN Event: “Gender Affirming Care” Must End

UNITED NATIONS, February 13 (C-Fam) A recent UN event hosted on the sidelines of the annual UN Commission for Social Development shows that pediatric gender affirming care, including the kind promoted by the UN, is harmful to children, scientifically unsound, and out of step with international standards. Panelists asked governments to reject it.

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The Folly of Switzerland’s Proposed Population Cap

This June, Swiss voters will head to the polls to vote on a proposal limiting the country’s population — including both Swiss citizens and those with foreign residency papers — to 10 million should it reach that threshold before 2050. Early polls suggest a plurality of voters support the measure. Under the Swiss direct democracy system, the outcome will be binding, and the cap would go into effect.
It would also be a huge mistake for the country, because it would knee-cap its own economic success.

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