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Off-the-Shelf Embryos

An employee of a ready-made embryo fertility clinic in Texas says she's helping couples make babies. In fact, there's a much more complicated philosophy at work, and most people would not consider it benevolent. We should expect serious social and economic repurcussions if we continue to turn babies into commodities, warns Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. The author of Smart Sex explains why baby-making is not a tool we can manipulate.

Access Washington Post article here.

New Census: Unmarried Couples Outnumber Married

Amanda Hawn tells the New York Times that her life became "more simplified" when she moved in with her boyfriend. If convenience accounts for the 14% rise in cohabitating couples, then we've got serious problems. Hawn and the millions like her say they're "testing out" marriage. In fact, they're taking their partners for a "test drive" and misusing them in the process, says Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse.

Read the New York Times article here.

Church Backs Legal Rights for Cohabitating Couples

Marriage is already in trouble, and now the Church of England is contributing to its downfall. When a church decides to support legal rights for couples who shack-up, you know the culture has lost respect for marriage. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse traces the fall of marriage and explains what we can do to save it.

Access news article here.

Are Big Families "In"?

With five happy children and one on the way, Laura Bennett is one of many American women trumpeting the benefits of big families. She tells the AP that she and her husband "are enjoying all the kids." It's clear they are also enjoying each other, says relationship expert Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. In her new book, Smart Sex: Finding Life-Long Love in a Hook-Up World, Morse explains why marriages that produce children are meaningful and fulfilling for the parents.

Read the AP article here.

Ms. Magazine Celebrates Abortion & Other Lies

Ms. magazine's fall issue features the confessions of thousands of American women who had abortions. One woman aborted a son with Down syndrome, a decision she calls agonizing. Agony is just one legacy of the Sexual Revolution, explains Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, the author of Smart Sex. She offers a bracing dose of truth to women who've been fooled too long.

Read the article here.

Why is Plan B a bad idea?

What can we expect now that the morning-after pill has been approved for over-the-counter use? It's not good news, warns Jennifer Roback Morse. STD infections will rise considerably, and, even more disturbing, more people will be miserable. In Smart Sex, Morse explains why "safe sex" is no prescription for life-long love and true happiness.

Access her article at National Review Online here.

What's Causing Child Obesity?

Medical experts constantly decry the surge in childhood obesity, but no one wants to face up to its causes. The values that we all embraced in the '60s--sexual revolution, feminism, zero population growth--are hurting our children today. Jennifer Roback Morse evaluates the costs of our social revolutions and explains why we must reevaluate our priorities.

Read Dr. Morse's  article at Mercator.net here.

Interview

Tune in tomorrow, June 28, at 11:15 pm ET / 10:15 pm CT to hear Jennifer Roback Morse talk about Smart Sex on American Family Radio's "Today's Issues." Check here for station listings.

Happy Husband's Day

Jennifer Roback Morse knows how to celebrate Father's Day this year:

Father's Day is a day for honoring fathers. But I would like to take a step back and honor men as husbands. In our enlightened, liberated era, we have a tendency to overlook men as husbands, since the father is so often not the husband of the mother. But without some kind of connection between the man and the woman, there is quite literally, no child. I'd like to make the case that the most important thing fathers can do for their children is to love their mother. And likewise, among the many things mothers do for their children, one of the most important is that mothers love their children's father.

Read the rest at National Review Online.

Is contraception smart sex?

Cristina Page has accepted the challenge Jennifer Morse issued last Monday. The two will debate online beginning Monday, April 24. Maggie Gallagher invites you to follow the debate at her IMAPP blog:

Is contraception good for society? Jennifer Roeback Morse and Cristina Page went looking for a place in the blogosphere to have this debate, and MarriageDebate.com volunteered.

So starting Monday look next week for a lively set of exchanges between two intelligent, competent women with radically divergent views on a subject that most people don't even consider debatable. Best of luck to both of them.