To Have and To Hold: Congressional Vows on Marriage and Sex

Publication Date: March 2005

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Jodie Levin-Epstein

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Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This paper discusses what the government has already done to promote abstinence-unless-married programs and marriage, and what it proposes to do with the reauthorization of the welfare law. The article then discusses the relationship between marriage and pregnancy prevention, including research findings on the influence of childbearing on marriage. It concludes with some welfare reauthorization recommendations for Congress on this topic.