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Recent Reports

Exploring the Gap: Fertility Preferences and Beliefs Between the Left and Right

December 2025

Graham Flynn, Isaiah Harold, Zoe Pritts, Josh Steiner, Wade Watkins, Dr. Tim Taylor

Faith, Family, and Belonging in Scotland: A National Assessment of Church Engagement and Attitudes on Scottish Society

April 2026

Michelle Morrow, Caleb Ryan, William C.
Acker, Ethan Ni, Henry Quekemeyer,
Timothy W. Taylor Ph.D.

US Change in Marriage Rate (2015 - 2020)

US Adoption Rate

US Marriage Rate (2020)

77. Marriage and America Coming Apart: How We Sort in Who We Marry and Where We Live

1 h 2 min America is coming apart. The most likely place for a college educated adult to meet their spouse is at university. This is not just true for some college and universities; it is true for just about every university. But what happens when intelligent people leave their hometowns for university study, meet “the one”, and then settle down? We begin to sort our very neighborhoods and towns my education and merit. Fewer than half of Americans have a college degree, yet m

Aug 21

76. The Marriage and Fertility Gap Reshaping America

1 h 2 min What if America’s political divide is no longer just playing out at the ballot box, but at the wedding altar and in the nursery? Enoch and Tim discuss how ideology is increasingly shaping who people marry, why nearly 80% of spouses now share the same political outlook, and what this reveals about the deep social sorting underway in the United States. The conversation then turns to the growingfertility gap between conservatives and liberals, with Tim sharing insights

Aug 7

75. The Selection Effect: Prenatal Screening and the Quiet Disappearance of Down Syndrome

1 h 6 min When does prenatal screening determine whether a child will be born at all? In this episode of Choosing Better, Enoch and Tim explore Down syndrome, abortion, eugenics, and the quiet social pressures that shape “choice.” From viral controversy and global termination rates to Tim’s research on Down syndrome birthrates, they ask what we are missing when children with disabilities are screened out and disappear from our communities. The conversation ends with a call to

Jul 24

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Verity is a Christian academic think tank and public platform dedicated to the rigorous pursuit of truth in public life. We believe that faith and careful scholarship belong together in the public square. Honest inquiry, well-executed research, and thoughtful engagement with ideas are themselves acts of faithful witness. Drawing on the Christian intellectual tradition, Verity brings together researchers, scholars, and communicators to illuminate the questions that matter most for individuals, families, communities, and nations. We operate through two principal areas of work: VERITY RESEARCH and VERITY MEDIA.