Marriage and Family

Issue

Marriage, the union between one man and one woman, and family are the building blocks of all human civilization and the primary institutions of civil society.

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COMMENTARY

Fact-Checking 7 Claims by Defenders of Democrats’ Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Nov 21, 2022 9 min read

Author

Roger Severino

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EXPLAINER

Why the Declining Marriage Rate Affects Everyone

Jun 24, 2019 2 min read

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Special Report

Treating Infertility: The New Frontier of Reproductive Medicine

Mar 24, 2025 Over an hour read

Backgrounder

Fertility in the United States Is Below Replacement Jonathan Abbamonte

Mar 4, 2025 19 min read

Backgrounder

U.S. Fertility Is Declining Due to Delayed Marriage and Childbearing Jonathan Abbamonte

Mar 4, 2025 16 min read

Backgrounder

Americans Have Not Been Able to Have the Number of Children They Want Jonathan Abbamonte

Mar 4, 2025 13 min read

Special Report

Crossroads: American Family Life at the Intersection of Tradition and Modernity

Mar 4, 2025 About an hour read

First Principles

Marriage: America’s Keystone Institution Brad Wilcox

Dec 31, 2024 22 min read

First Principles

The Higher Purpose of Children in American Society Matthew T. Mehan

Dec 17, 2024 24 min read

Legal Memo

Protecting Primary Parental Authority from Institutional Challenges Sarah Parshall Perry

Dec 2, 2024 About an hour read

Experts on Marriage and Family

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Grace Melton

Senior Associate, Richard and Helen DeVos Center

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Robert Rector

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy

Emma Waters

Policy Analyst, Center for Technology and the Human Person

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Marriage and Family