Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

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 26, 2003
The Harmful Effects of Early Sexual Activity and Multiple Sexual Partners Among Women: A Book of Charts
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., Lauren R. Noyes, Shannan Martin
(Executive Summary )
This report examines the linkages between early initiation of sexual activity, number of nonmarital sex partners, and human well-being.

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 ...