November 9, 2005
Pornography's Impact on Marriage & The Family
By Jill C. Manning
(Testimony )
Research reveals many systemic effects of Internet pornography that are undermining an already vulnerable culture of marriage and family.
June 6, 2005
Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands
By W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Heritage Lecture #880)
Religious orthodoxy appears to be one answer to the process whereby men are more likely to be preoccupied with work and leisure at the expense ...
February 28, 2005
Beyond the Words at Beijing + 10: How U.N. Policy Falls Short of Women's Best Interests
By Jennifer A. Marshall, Melissa G. Pardue, and Grace V. Smith
(Backgrounder #1829)
As the U.N. observes the 10th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, the United States should continue to focus on policies that promote the domestic and ...
February 10, 2005
Welfare Reform and The Healthy Marriage Initiative
By Robert Rector
(Testimony )
The erosion of marriage during the past four decades has had large-scale negative effects on both children and adults: It lies at the heart of ...
October 27, 2004
Pro-Life Policy: Does It Make a Difference?
By Andrew Grossman
(WebMemo #598)
Pro-life policies reduce abortion rates. This surprises some.
September 29, 2004
The Transatlantic Divide on Marriage: Dutch Data and the U.S. Debate on Same-Sex Unions
By Patrick F. Fagan and Grace Smith
(WebMemo #577)
Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands may have sped marriage's decline there.
September 21, 2004
Summary: Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes
By Robert Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(WebMemo #570)
Adolescents who take a virginity pledge have lower levels of sexual activity and better life outcomes.
September 1, 2004
Understanding the Marriage Debate (PowerPoint)
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo )
A PowerPoint presentation created in September 2004 on understanding the marriage debate.
July 12, 2004
Marriage Amendment Protects Federalism
By Edwin Meese, III
(WebMemo #531)
The fundamental definition of marriage is no mere policy issue
July 12, 2004
Will DOMA Protect Marriage?
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #532)
Assuming the Supreme Court follows its own precedents and jurisprudence, the Defense of Marriage Act will fall.
July 9, 2004
Social Science and Same-Sex Marriage: Translations from the Netherland's Reformatorisch Dagblad
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo )
Severeal leading Dutch researchers comment on the consequences of same-sex marriage in the Netherlands.
May 17, 2004
Marriage: What Social Science Says and Doesn't Say
By Jennifer Marshall
(WebMemo #503)
Social science data indicate that the intact family best ensures the current and future welfare of children and society when compared with other common forms ...
May 17, 2004
A Defining Moment: Marriage, the Courts, and the Constitution
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1759)
The most responsible step Congress can take to preserve marriage is to send a constitutional amendment that protects the institution of marriage to the states ...
May 13, 2004
The Social Scientific Data on the Impact of Marriage and Divorce on Children
By Patrick F. Fagan
(Testimony )
The Social Scientific Data on the Impact of Marriage and Divorce on Children before the Senate of the United States: Committee on Commerce, Science, and ...
March 30, 2004
Reducing Domestic Violence: How the Healthy Marriage Initiative Can Help
By Melissa G. Pardue and Robert Rector
(Backgrounder #1744)
The President's Healthy Marriage Initiative seeks to prevent the isolation and poverty of welfare mothers by intervening before a pattern of broken relationships and welfare ...
March 30, 2004
Adolescents Who Take Virginity Pledges Have Lower Rates of Out-of-Wedlock Births
By Kirk A. Johnson
(Center for Data Analysis Report #04-04)
Young women who take a virginity pledge are about 40 percent less likely to have a child out of wedlock than similar young women who ...
March 26, 2004
Understanding the President's Healthy Marriage Initiative
By Robert E. Rector and Melissa G. Pardue
(Backgrounder #1741)
The current welfare system financially penalizes unmarried parents who wish to wed, despite the fact that an increased marriage rate among welfare recipients is both ...
March 9, 2004
Marriage: Still the Safest Place For Women and Children
By Robert E. Rector, Patrick F. Fagan, and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1732)
Social science data clearly show that mothers and children are safest and thrive best in a married family. For example, the incidence of spousal, boyfriend, ...
January 28, 2004
What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?
By Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue, and Shannan Martin
(Backgrounder #1722)
A nationally representative Zogby International poll shows that American parents overwhelmingly, and in some cases almost unanimously, support the themes and messages of abstinence education ...
January 21, 2004
Analyzing the Effects of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion During the 1990s
By Michael J. New, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #04-01)
In understanding why the number of legal abortions declined by 17.4 percent between 1990 and 1999, it is significant that, by the end of the ...
January 21, 2004
The Fundamental Institutions: President Bush on Marriage, the Family, and Faith
By Jennifer Marshall, Matthew Spalding, Melissa Pardue, and Joe Loconte
(WebMemo #399)
President Bush, in his third State of the Union address, recognized that the strength of this nation rests on certain fundamental "pillars of civilization"—marriage, the ...
November 19, 2003
In Defense of Marriage
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. and Joseph Loconte
(WebMemo #373)
Marriage is an "an evolving paradigm." So says Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-3 decision that has vast implications for the growing national debate ...
October 20, 2003
The Necessity of Marriage
By The Honorable Rick Santorum
(Heritage Lecture #804)
Marriage is under assault, with high rates of divorce and out-of-wedlock births pummeling the traditional family. Given the high stakes for society, it is important ...
August 22, 2003
"Marriage Plus": Sabotaging the President's Efforts to Promote Healthy Marriage
By Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue, Lauren R. Noyes
(Backgrounder #1677)
Opponents of President Bush's pilot initiative to fund innovative marriage-promotion programs have proposed an alternative strategy termed "marriage plus."
June 16, 2003
Why Congress Should Ignore Radical Feminist Opposition to Marriage
By Patrick F. Fagan, Robert E. Rector, and Lauren R. Noyes
(Backgrounder #1662)
Despite demonstrated evidence in every major social policy area of the need to rebuild a strong and healthy culture of marriage, President Bush's new marriage ...
June 3, 2003
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed and to Attempt Suicide
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Lauren R. Noyes
(Center for Data Analysis Report #03-04)
Sexually Active Teenagers Are More Likely to Be Depressed
May 20, 2003
Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., Patrick F. Fagan, and Lauren R. Noyes
(Center for Data Analysis Report #03-06)
In 2001, 1.35 million children were born outside marriage. This represents 33.5 percent of all children born in the United States in that year. Children ...
May 2, 2003
Increased Abstinence Causes a Large Drop in Teen Pregnancy
By Melissa G. Pardue
(Executive Memorandum #872)
Abstinence programs, endorsed by President Bush and many in Congress, have long been advocated as effective in reducing sexual activity and out-of-wedlock childbearing rates among ...
January 29, 2003
The Role of Parental Work in Child Poverty
By Robert E. Rector and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #03-01)
The analysis presented in this paper indicates that child poverty is more often the result of low levels of parental work than of parents' low ...
August 23, 2002
Why Congress Should Reject the Failed Sex-Education Agenda in the Baucus Bill
By Jennifer Garrett
(Backgrounder #1576)
Bush has endorsed abstinence education as an effective means of reducing early sexual activity, providing a foundation for personal responsibility, and enduring marital commitment. Washington ...
August 2, 2002
The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
By Robert Rector and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #02-05)
Both marriage and maternal education can play a significant role in reducing child poverty. The most effective public policy to reduce child poverty would encourage ...
June 13, 2002
Restoring a Culture of Marriage: Good News for Policymakers from the Fragile Families Survey
By Patrick F. Fagan and Jennifer Garrett
(Backgrounder #1560)
It is time for Congress to implement policies and programs that would help such couples make a permanent commitment to each other and their children, ...
April 15, 2002
The Effect of Marriage on Child Poverty
By Robert Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Patrick F. Fagan
(Center for Data Analysis Report #02-04)
The lack of progress in reducing child poverty since 1965 can be explained in part by the erosion of marriage and the growth of poverty-prone ...
April 10, 2002
Marriage: The Safest Place for Women and Children
By Patrick F. Fagan and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1535)
Social science data clearly show that mothers and children are safest and thrive best in a married family. It is time for the government to ...
April 8, 2002
The Effectiveness of Abstinence Education Programs in Reducing Sexual Activity Among Youth
By Robert E. Rector
(Backgrounder #1533)
Real abstinence education is essential to reducing out-of-wedlock childbearing, preventing sexually transmitted diseases, and improving emotional and physical well-being among the nation's youth.
March 22, 2002
Let Them Eat Their Words ? Marriage Reduces Poverty
By Jennifer Garrett
(WebMemo #88)
Welfare reform's priorities should be the reduction of dependency and poverty through work and marriage. We must face the impact of deteriorating marriage forthrightly. There ...
February 25, 2002
Why is it in the Government's Interest to Save Marriages?
By Michael J. McManus
(WebMemo #80)
Why it is in the government's interest to save marriages.
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