More than 40 percent of all children born in the U.S. were born outside of marriage in 2013

In 2 Charts: Why the ‘War on Poverty’ 

Should be Renamed the ‘War on Marriage’

by Kelsey Harris

“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.” Sort of.

I grew up singing the “K-I-S-S-I-N-G” jingle with my elementary school friends during recess. Now many of those same friends have the baby in the baby carriage and a boyfriend. They aren’t alone.

>>>REPORT: How Welfare Undermines Marriage

According to research by Robert Rector, an expert in welfare at the Heritage Foundation, more than 40 percent of all children born in the U.S. were born outside of marriage in 2013, and the number of single-parent families with children has skyrocketed by nearly 10 million.






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