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5 Questions With Family Studies: Andrea Mrozek on Canada’s Crumbling Commitment Culture

5 Questions With Family Studies: Andrea Mrozek on Canada’s Crumbling Commitment Culture

Jun 26, 2025 |

Canada is a cautionary tale. So close in proximity to the United States, yet “light years ahead” when it comes to some of the public policy solutions championed but not implemented here: paid parental leave, universal child care, and generous welfare allowances. And yet these long-established programs have a patchy record on delivering on their intended consequences. To learn more about Canada’s family-related policies, we spoke with Andrea Mrozek, Senior Fellow at Cardus, a think tank located in Ottawa, Canada.

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Ethicists Critique Illinois’ Bid to Join 10 Other States in Allowing Doctor-Assisted Suicide

Ethicists Critique Illinois’ Bid to Join 10 Other States in Allowing Doctor-Assisted Suicide

Jun 6, 2025 |

The Illinois state House has passed a physician-assisted suicide bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients who are terminally ill. The legislation—which reportedly stalled Thursday afternoon in the state Senate—requires that people have a prognosis of less than six months to live and be of sound mind before allowing them to kill themselves.

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Trump rescinds Biden rule requiring emergency rooms to perform abortions

Trump rescinds Biden rule requiring emergency rooms to perform abortions

Jun 5, 2025 |

The Trump administration has rescinded a rule instituted by the Biden administration to require that hospital emergency rooms provide abortions despite any state-level restrictions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday the rescission of a July 2022 guidance on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.

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