The devaluation of the nuclear family — and the fatherlessness epidemic in America — is undeniably contributing to today’s societal ills.
Ryan Bomberger, a Christian author, speaker, and activist, spoke with CBN News earlier this year about the connection between abortion and “the culture of abandonment” plaguing U.S. culture. His biological mother was raped and chose to give Bomberger up for adoption, granting him a unique perspective on the subjects of family, abortion, and adoption.
“Higher abortion rates, higher high-school dropout rates, lower employment rates, higher violence, higher imprisonment rates,” he said of the consequences of broken families. “I mean, the fallout is so devastating from the absence of fathers. So we’re huge on talking about intact families with married mother[s] and father[s]. And those are the environments where children flourish the best.”
The reason the family is so constantly under assault by the unbelieving world, Bomberger argued, is because it is “the reflection of God’s heart for humanity.”
“I mean, He created this construct of family with a married mother and father to where, you know, we all best flourish,” said Bomberger. “And, of course, the world’s going to attack that. … You’ve got movements, like even the Black Lives Matter
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