Author: unitedfamilies

Critics of ‘Banning’ Books Are Wrong: They’re Not All Suitable for Kids

My colleagues at The Heritage Foundation found that about three-fourths of books on lists of “banned books” are actually still in the libraries where the books were challenged. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

Many of the rest are indeed inappropriate for children. They contain “images of people engaged in sex acts or graphic descriptions of those acts.”

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Study indicates transgender drugs and surgeries don’t alleviate mental health issues in adolescents

A thorough study conducted by researchers in Finland suggests that administering transgender drugs or surgeries to adolescents does not alleviate the underlying mental health problems commonly faced by this demographic. The research disputes the assertion by certain lawmakers and transgender activists that puberty-blocking drugs and gender reassignment surgeries are “life-saving medicine,” showing no significant reduction in suicides among these adolescents.

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‘Mother Jones’ Goes Pro-Guilt and Anti-Logic on IVF

When it comes to the question of human life, we have no choice but to preserve it, no matter how uncomfortable, unpleasant, inconvenient, painful, or even tragic the outcome may be. Piling on nightmare scenarios or sob stories related to the consequences of treating unborn babies (at any stage of development) as babies, is, quite simply, irrelevant.

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Less Marriage, Worse Mental Health: The ‘Marriage Advantage’ in Mental Well-Being

Despite viral TikToks and widely-circulated testimonials to the contrary, the hard data show that marriage is a strong predictor of happiness. To take just the most recent example, a new study by economist Sam Peltzman found that marriage is the “most important differentiator” between who is “happy” and who is not, with married people 30% more likely to say they were “happy” than unmarried people. 

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