A lawsuit against Matthew Connolly is another instance of a weaponized Department of Justice obsessed with persecuting non-violent pro-lifers who seek to simply defend unborn children and offer help and compassion to moms.
Read More“A quarter of our nation’s children (24.1%) are affected by not having a father at home,” Vecere said. “Decades of research show unequivocally that children who grow up without a resident father are at higher risk, on average, for a host of poor physical, cognitive (mental and emotional, and social outcomes,” according to the NFI report.
Read MoreRecent research on children’s behavior finds that kids associate happiness with doing and being good—they find some connection between moral behavior and fulfillment.
Read MoreThis summer, my husband and I took a cruise through the breathtakingly magnificent fjords of Norway and Denmark, making stops at towns and villages along the way. At the heart of every little hamlet stands a lovely wooden (or stone, if the wooden original had burned down) church. And, invariably, our guides would tell us, with differing degrees of satisfaction, that “no one in Norway or Denmark goes to church anymore.” The devout Lutheranism of my ancestors, which so shaped and defined my grandparents and parents, is dead and buried.
Read MoreThere’s a common stereotype that poor people have more babies than rich people. This belief is deeply embedded in the American political consciousness, with stereotypes like “welfare queens” often dominating discussions of pronatal policies aimed at boosting birth rates. Likewise, because most people think fertility rates are highest for poorer people, they assume that alleviating costs facing families will not matter that much: if poor women can do it, why not the rich?
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