Dr. J Show | November 1, 2023 - John Clark

The latest Dr. J Show guest is John Clark, author of Betrayed Without a Kiss: Defending Marriage after Years of Failed Leadership in the Church.

When a Catholic friend told Clark about his annulment process, many things didn't sound right to John, which caused him to research the Church's annulment history and process, leading to this newly released book.

"Marriage is a triangular union among a man, a woman, and God," Clark points out. From the beginning, the devil was trying to break up marriage. "Adam defended Eve, but they divorced from God. They never seemed to consider divorce from each other. Maybe because they always remembered how happy marriage could be."

In 1968, there were 338 annulments in America. In 1969, changes were made to the annulment process, making it easier. In 1970, there were 5,403. By 1989, there were 72,000.

Every diocese requires a civil divorce prior to an annulment. In 70% of divorces, only one party wanted the divorce. Imagine if struggling couples sought help rather than divorce. And who is asking children how they feel about their parents splitting and calling their marriage invalid? What does that mean for the children?

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The Marriage Crisis is Unfair to Children

When parents decide they don't love each other, it is the children who suffer. The Ruth Institute has a dream that every child be born into a loving home with his or her own parents, married to each other. To be denied that is an injustice to children. Adults need to behave themselves in order to do right by their kids.

That and more, including the economic downsides to divorce, are explained in this video.

In case you missed them, see Core Truth 1: Children Need Their Parents and Core Truth 2: What Happens When Parents Are Missing from a Child's Life.

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Britney Spears' Abortion Regret Sad but Not Surprising

In her newly released memoir, The Woman in Me, singer Britney Spears revealed her regret at having an abortion 22 years ago.

Abortion regret is common, but kept quiet because it doesn't fit the 'abortion is fine all the time at all times with no consequences' narrative the Sexual Revolution pushes.

Ruth Institute Research Associate, Fr. Paul Sullins, Ph.D., has studied the high prevalence of abortion-related mental health disorders. These include depression, anxiety disorder, PTSD, suicidality, and substance abuse behaviors. These risks are increased for women who wanted the child, as was the case for Spears.

"The pregnancy was a surprise, but for me, it wasn't a tragedy," she wrote. "But Justin [Timberlake, her then-boyfriend] definitely wasn't happy. He said we weren't ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young." She was 19. He was 20.

"If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it."

That Spears was pressured to abort, is sadly common. Many women feel they don't have a choice. Sometimes the pressure comes from a family member, but often it's from the baby's father, looking for an easy way out of responsibility.

The Sexual Revolution has made abortion the failsafe when contraception fails, as it so often does. Yet, aside from the obvious death of an innocent baby, abortion does further and lasting damage to the mother who grieves the loss of the child she never had.

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Prayer Corner

Please pray for:

Al, who has lung cancer, and that he gets the needed appointments soon.
Four-year-old Gabriel, who has leukemia, and for his family.
an easing of Margaret's difficult pregnancy.
the repose of the soul of Rose.
an end to the conflicts around the world, and for the repose of the souls of all who have died.
all the intentions of our Ruth readers, the personal intentions of our benefactors, and our general intention for November:

That men whose partners are considering abortion will find ways to protect the unborn child and to support the mother.

And now for a little levity so we don't get bogged down by the seriousness.

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