J.D. Vance is mostly right about women having children

Since Donald Trump chose J.D. Vance as his vice presidential running mate, Democrats have been eagerly digging up every remark he’s ever said, looking for phrases to distort and take out of context. They’ve pounced on statements he’s made praising women for choosing to have children, trying to use it as a wedge issue to alienate career women.

But there’s not actually a conflict. Everyone knows that children bring parents joy. Everyone knows that children turn out better on average if there is a parent at home raising them ...