A conservative policy expert highlighted the role higher education is playing in the decline of marriage and total fertility, as more people opt to take more time to pursue college degrees, which she warned is extending their adolescence and deferring certain responsibilities.
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As Pro-Life doctors have explained over and over again, there are times when a physician may need to intervene in a medical emergency with early induction or a C-section in extreme cases. However, the goal of these interventions is to protect both mother and child, not to seek the death of one of their patients.
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In the weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are “unborn children” under one state law, most attention has been focused on in vitro fertilisation – whether the decision imperils parents’ attempts to create a family. On March 6, 2024, Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation to shield IVF providers from legal liability, though the new law does not address frozen embryos’ legal status.
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The research team I work with is currently knee-deep into categorizing the legal approach that each nation takes with regard to prostitution. This project has really opened my eyes to the wide variety of approaches taken. For example, in some countries, buying sex is perfectly legal but providing that sex for money is strictly illegal. In other cases, we’ve seen countries do abrupt legal U-turns as they discover that the approach they are taking is making things worse.
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As of 2022, 15% of U.S. teens reported a major depressive episode1(up from 8% in 2007).2 The suicide rate has increased by 38% in the last 20 years, an all-time high.3 The vast majority of Americans agree that we are facing a mental health crisis. It’s worth considering, how did we get here? What is driving the huge increase in mental health problems facing our nation?
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