On October 21, The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation hosted an event to release a new report from the Institute for American Values, “Second Chances: A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce.” The report examines new research showing that in at least 10 percent of divorcing couples, both spouses are open to efforts to reconcile–and in another 30 percent, at least one spouse has interest in reconciliation, and explores the idea that a substantial number of today’s divorces may be preventable.