What if saving a baby from abortion was only the beginning of our pro-life work—not the end? In this CareCast episode, Roland Warren and Vince DiCaro expose a missing link in today’s life movement: the breakdown of marriage and the family. Drawing from a major new study of over five million children, they explore how divorce is not only devastating to children—it’s directly fueling our nation’s abortion crisis.
Listeners will walk away with a deeper understanding of how marriage, fatherhood, and the sanctity of life are all bound together. If you care about reducing abortion and promoting strong families, this episode offers the compelling data and biblical perspective needed to take your passion beyond protest signs and into real cultural transformation. It’s a conversation full of insight—and one the pro-life movement can’t afford to ignore.
Listen to CareCast: Why the Fight for Life Must Include the Fight for Marriage
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3 Takeaways from this CareCast Episode
#1 Divorce Doesn’t Just Break Homes—it Increases Abortions
A groundbreaking study from the National Bureau of Economic Research confirms what decades of research have shown: divorce dramatically reduces children’s long-term wellbeing. But it also reveals a more urgent reality—divorce increases teen births and, subsequently, teen abortions. More teen births means more teen pregnancies, which also means more abortions.
#2 Father Absence Isn’t Just a Family Issue—it’s a Life Issue
Roland Warren draws from personal experience and years of research to connect the dots between fatherlessness and abortion. When fathers step away, it’s often a young mom and a pregnancy left behind. And when a woman feels alone, abortion becomes more likely. If we want to solve the abortion issue, we have to solve the father absence issue.
#3 Jesus Didn’t Come into a Single-Parent Home—for a Reason
Perhaps the most powerful illustration of all: God sent an angel to Joseph—not just to protect Mary from disgrace, but to call him to be a husband and father. God didn’t violate His principles to accomplish His purpose. Jesus came into a covenant home, not a single-parent household. That’s how serious God is about the family. That was God’s design—to protect the child by strengthening the family.
To learn how you can help rebuild families and reduce abortions at their root, listen to the newest CareCast episode today.