Even in the short time that same-sex marriage has been officially recognized in some states at home and abroad, man-woman marriage rates have declined.
Forcing States to Recognize Gay Marriage Could Increase Number of Abortions
By Heritage Foundation Gene Schaerr——Bio and Archives--April 20, 2015
On the surface, abortion and same-sex marriage may seem unrelated.
However, as explained in an amicus brief of 100 scholars of marriage, filed in the pending Supreme Court marriage cases and summarized here, the two are closely linked in a short and simple causal chain that the Supreme Court would be wise not to set in motion.
In a nutshell: A reduction in the opposite-sex marriage rate means an increase in the percentage of women who are unmarried and who, according to all available data, have much higher abortion rates than married women. And based on past experience, institutionalizing same-sex marriage poses an enormous risk of reduced opposite-sex marriage rates.
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