Episode

Marriage, Fertility, and Families Need Our Help!

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The Carrie Abbott Show
Published
Apr 24, 2026
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1680
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Summary

Our fertility rate, marriage rate, and other key indicators of strong families are on the decline. Emma Waters, Senior Policy Analyst for The Heritage Foundation, joins us to help answer some questions. Is America's declining birth rate a cultural trend—or a policy failure? What message are young men and women believing that impacts their choices regarding marriage and children? What can we, the Church, do to reverse these trends? Insightful discussion!