Life and Family Initiative publication

I’ve tasted many types of grief, but the one that most unnerved me was the death of one of those kids who sat next to me in the Mariners’ bleachers.

This year’s crop of state referenda offers cautionary, but useful, insights.

Tradeoffs are not improved by simply spending more on child benefits.

Assessing the ends and means of state action means addressing the specific, technical questions of governance without losing sight of those key, underlying principles.

Untangling the mix of economic pressures and cultural change driving lower fertility requires a more careful analysis than the impression this new poll might give.

Stacey Abrams suggests that killing people will fix our economic woes.

Tamara Kay of Notre Dame’s Keough School has offered to help students obtain abortions, in defiance of state law.

In the unsettled political environment of our post-Roe midterms, Republicans have little to lose sketching out a proactive vision rather than just hunkering down on defense.

It sees the ideal corporate worker as an unencumbered male.

Why abortion supporters hate laws requiring respectful disposal of aborted babies.

Instead of contenting themselves with vague platitudes, Republicans should think about the ultimate aims of politics and offer voters policies that can advance them.

The Republican Study Committee’s family policy agenda is a welcome reminder that there are still lawmakers interested in doing the vital work of governing.