WPATH files. Now the Cass Report. Why are we not surprised?

The U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) study found “remarkably weak evidence” to support gender transitioning minors and young adults. “We are not surprised,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. “We’ve been monitoring reports from detransitioners for a while. The tragedy is that doctors performed these untested interventions in the first place. We […]

Ruth Institute Reacts to Transgender Day of Visibility with new tradition: Adult Appreciation Week

In light of the Biden White House’s announcement of Transgender Day of Visibility, the Ruth Institute discerned the need for Adult Appreciation Week. “’Transgender’ people are not the only ones who need and deserve ‘visibility,’” Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse said.  “Therefore, the Ruth Institute will observe Adult Appreciation Week from Wednesday April […]

Kids Need Their Parents: Memoir Provides a Welcome Relief

As someone who has been promoting the family for decades, I am delighted to see a new, fresh, young voice proclaiming the core message that kids need their parents. Robert Kim Henderson, with a bachelor’s degree from Yale and a doctorate in psychology from Cambridge, has written not an academic tome, but a memoir.

Gender Ideology’s Verbal Engineering, Part 2: An Irrational Agenda That Few Want

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COMMENTARY: The terms ‘trans’ and ‘transgender’ are laden with ideological ambiguity. Jennifer Roback Morse March 13, 2024 at National Catholic Register In a recent column, I argued that we should stop using the word “trans” or “transgender.” I showed that these terms can be used to mean eight types of people. Using one term to […]

YouTube Called Out for Abortion Bias

“I’m so glad law enforcement is calling out YouTube for its obvious pro-abortion bias against pro-life videos,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.

Ruth Institute Celebrates Real Women This Women’s History Month

“March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate women, but what ‘women’ are being celebrated during our time in history?” asks Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. “Men who say they’re women are earning medals and winning records in women’s sports. A biological man entered a women’s mixed martial arts contest and broke […]

Trans Train Finally Derailing

It’s about time people are pushing back against the trans train that is, among other things, ruining women’s sports and erasing women

Gender Ideology’s Verbal Engineering

COMMENTARY: Why language matters in the context of the heated debate over ‘transgender’ issues. Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part series on the issues surrounding gender identity.  By Jennifer Roback Morse February 26, 2024, at National Catholic Register Watch your language… You should not say “transgender.” I can hear the howls […]

Protecting What’s Ours: Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse to Appear on EWTN’s “Women of Grace”

Next week, February 19-22, Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse will appear on EWTN’s “Women of Grace.” She and host Johnette Benkovic Williams will discuss “Protecting What’s Ours: The Top Challenges Facing Society Today.” Watch as they dive into the biggest issues facing family life today, specifically, the attack on marriage, women, and children, […]

The Sexual State at Work: Schools and Planned Parenthood Deceive Parents

“Recent cases in Missouri and New Jersey show a shocking pattern of parents being deliberately deceived by agents of the Sexual State,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse.  In Missouri, Attorney General Andrew Bailey blew the whistle on Planned Parenthood illegally trafficking children out of state to have abortions. A Planned Parenthood manager admitted […]

Gender Identity ≠ Sexual Orientation: The Counseling Ban Sleight of Hand

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COMMENTARY: Some jurisdictions are trying to ban counseling for gender-identity issues, right alongside bans on sexual-orientation ‘conversion therapy.’ Jennifer Roback Morse February 6, 2024 at National Catholic Register You may be aware of the worldwide attempts to ban “conversion therapy” that “intends to change or suppress sexual orientation.” But did you know that some jurisdictions […]

Has Pope Francis changed Catholic Church teaching?

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My friends at the Christian Post have asked for my insights, as a faithful Roman Catholic, regarding the recent Vatican document Fiducia Supplicans. I am honored to be asked. The Vatican’s recent actions have caused tremendous confusion. All of us who are committed to traditional Christian sexual morality must keep our wits about us if we are to navigate this mess.

Memo to the Global Ruling Class: Trashing The Sound of Freedom Looks Bad

by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder of The Ruth Institute The Sound of Freedom is a popular film about child sex trafficking, but major news outlets trashed it using the exact same words: “Qanon” and “conspiracy theory”—anything to discredit this film and the horrors it depicts. However, let me remind you of one thing every […]

Counseling Freedom Battle Wins and Setbacks

Activists promoting ‘conversion therapy bans’ will not be satisfied until every last counselor, therapist, priest or pastor on planet earth has been silenced, shamed or scared into submission.

Ruth Institute congratulates UK counseling organization for its position on therapy bans

“This is highly encouraging,” said Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., referring to a recent statement by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) acknowledging that talk therapy is not coercive and that therapists are fully entitled to believe that children with gender dysphoria should not be medicalized. “Faulty studies and false testimonies about […]

‘Settled Science’? Anthropologists Don’t Know the Difference Between Men and Women

COMMENTARY: Ideology is trumping the free exchange of ideas, open inquiry and the scientific method itself. by Jennifer Roback Morse and Betsy Kerekes October 11, 2023 at National Catholic Register The American Anthropological Association (AAA) recently rejected a proposed session from its annual meeting. The board released a statement titled, “No Place for Transphobia in […]

“Sex Work” and other euphemisms

“I’m encouraged that a group of women’s rights advocates, anti-traffickers, and former prostitutes gathered in New York to not only combat the city’s sex trade business, but to rally against the euphemisms, ‘sex work’ and ‘sex worker’,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. “Even otherwise conservative media outlets, such as The New […]

Issue 1 will save Ohio

Issue 1 will save Ohio from some of the worst excesses of the Sexual Revolution, including abortion and transgenderism.

Smears for Money

John Stossel writes about the racket the Southern Poverty Law Center has run since they bankrupted the clan: Smears for Money

YouTube censors Ruth Institute interview clip about link between abortion, breast cancer

By Jean Mondoro June 21, 2023 ‘YouTube doesn’t want the public to know about the abortion-breast cancer link, so it shuts down any discussion of the matter, under the guise of protecting the public from ‘misinformation.’ How convenient,’ Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse said. (LifeSiteNews) — A pro-life organization has been censored once again on YouTube […]

The Man from Macedonia

What did Joseph Ratzinger point out about a passage in the Acts of the Apostles that changes a seemingly brief and off-hand biblical travelogue into something that is so rich with meaning?

Connecticut Pedophilia Protections Made Law

by Martina Moyski The slippery slope toward anything goes HARTFORD, Conn. (ChurchMilitant.com) – Connecticut is facing controversy over a bill that has raised concerns among citizens, as they fear it could pave the way for the gradual legalization of pedophilia within the state. The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill this month that changes the state’s […]

Connecticut sneaks pedophilia protections into law

“Connecticut legislators took a step toward legalizing pedophilia and apparently expect us not to notice,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. The Connecticut House of Representative overwhelmingly passed a bill that changes the state’s anti-discrimination law. Advocates of the change, including the ACLU, say it merely “modernizes the existing definition of sexual […]

Dodgers Honor Anti-Catholic Group

“The Dodgers would never ally themselves with a group attacking any other religion. Imagine them presenting an award to white supremacists or antisemites. Only Catholics are considered legitimate targets for abuse.”

The ‘Born Gay’ Myth: When Ideology Masquerades as Science

COMMENTARY: The available research does not support the claim that same-sex attraction has an immutable genetic origin. by Jennifer Roback Morse May 15, 2023 at National Catholic Register. Science says: No one is born gay. Actually, it is more accurate to say, “The available science is inconsistent with the claim that people are born gay.” […]

Mothers are the gateway to tomorrow

By Don Feder – – Sunday, May 14, 2023 Mother’s Day should be about more than cards and candy, flowers and fine sentiments. As we move into the desolate wasteland of demographic winter, mothers assume a role of paramount importance. If humanity is to have a future, it lies with them. The left can’t even say the […]

Ruth Institute Celebrates the Essential Role of Mothers

As Mother’s Day approaches, Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., observed: “We used to say the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. Today, it would be more accurate to say it’s the hand that saves the world.” “My 2001 book, Love and Economics: It Takes a Family […]

Suggesting Only Women Be in Women’s Sports Called ‘Traumatizing’

When the House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) said that even debating keeping men out of women’s sports was “traumatizing.” “And I thought I’d heard it all,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., President of the Ruth Institute. “So-called trans athletes are destroying women’s […]

New Ruth Inst. E-book Protects Families from Gay Myths

The Ruth Institute recently released a new e-book: Protecting Your Family from the Top 5 Gay Myths. Author Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., founder and president of the Ruth Institute, said, “This e-book will empower parents and grandparents to protect their loved ones.” “The LGBTQ lobby tries to convince us that people are ‘born gay.’ […]