‘Anti-gay prejudice’ increasing among young people, Northwestern professors say
By Anna Gugala at College Fix February 10, 2026 An LGBT pride rally; Following NYC/Pexels Younger generations are less likely to support homosexuality and more likely to exhibit “anti-gay prejudice,” according to Northwestern University scholars. Professor Tessa Charlesworth released a preprint study which purports to find lower levels of acceptance of homosexuality in younger generations, […]
Did feminism create wokeness?
Jennifer Roback Morse February 04, 2026, at The Blaze Helen Andrews’ ‘great feminization’ argument has a point, but the problem goes deeper. Helen Andrews recently revived discussion of what she calls the great feminization — the idea that as women come to numerically dominate institutions, those institutions begin to function differently, often badly. Her observations […]
News Release: Ruth Inst. Applauds ‘Transgender’ Malpractice Victory
Lake Charles, LA — “Fox Varian’s successful malpractice suit against her psychologist and surgeon will be the first of many victories for vulnerable youth and against the ‘transgender’ medical establishment,” stated Ruth Institute founder and president, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. “Doctors and therapists will think twice about trying to convince young people that they […]
Real Marriage Delivers the Goods that Fake Marriage Can’t
January 28, 2026, Lake Charles, LA– “The Ruth Institute is fully on board with the Greater Than campaign to win back the true meaning of marriage,” said Ruth Institute founder and president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. Spearheaded by Them Before Us, Greater Than launched January 28, 2026, as a commitment to overturn the 2015 […]
Surrogacy Gone Wild Treats Babies Like Orders to Be Filled
COMMENTARY: A report that a Chinese billionaire fathered more than 100 U.S. children poses a monumental human-rights issue. by Jennifer Roback Morse January 26, 2026, at National Catholic Register The Wall Street Journal’s recent story on surrogacy exposed U.S.-based baby-sale agencies helping “ultra-wealthy Chinese nationals” sire small armies of offspring around the world. One video-game […]
Surrogacy Gone Wild: Chinese Billionaire Fathers Over 100 U.S. Children
“The Ruth Institute has long known that surrogacy is a humanitarian nightmare. Anyone with money can do anything they want,” said Ruth Institute founder and president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. “But now even the most obtuse advocates of ‘freedom’ can see the problems.” The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about “ultra-wealthy Chinese […]
For anyone who knows Finnish…
Our Senior Research Associate, Fr. Paul Sullins, Ph.D. was featured on a television show in Finland as well as in a newspaper. If you can read or understand Finnish, have a look. 🙂
Milo Yiannopolous dares to tell the truth about homosexuality
by Jennifer Roback Morse December 09, 2025 at TheBlaze The conservative gadfly’s recent discussion with Tucker Carlson is grounded in scientific research. Don’t dismiss Milo Yiannopoulos. He may be provocative, but he’s right. In his recent two-and-a-half-hour conversation with Tucker Carlson, Yiannopoulos dares to speak the truth about homosexuality. It is a truth many are […]
Post abortion emotional distress is prevalent even after decades, research reveals
By Kim Hayes December 4, 2025 at Pregnancy Help News “Women considering abortion should be informed of the possibility that they may experience persistent emotional distress,” Paul Sullins, Ruth Institute senior research associate concluded in a report published in the International Journal of Women’s Health Care. Experience among pregnancy help organizations involved in post-abortive care […]
New Study Finds That a High Percentage of Post-Abortive Women Experience Emotional Distress
By Michael J. New November 25, 2025 at National Review This fall, the International Journal of Women’s Health Care published a study by Paul Sullins of the Ruth Institute and the Catholic University of America. It provides strong statistical evidence that many women who obtain abortions experience emotional distress — even many years after the […]
Should Sexual Reorientation Therapy Be Criminalized?
By Paul Sullins October 6, 2025, at The Public Discourse Whatever else one might say about the therapy bans in question, they undeniably burden the free exercise of religion for same-sex-attracted or gender-confused persons who seek not to identify with or live according to those conditions. In America, therapists can provide nonjudgmental help for psychological […]
God doesn’t make anyone gay: The case against banning ‘conversion therapy’
God doesn’t make anyone gay: The case against banning ‘conversion therapy’ By Jennifer Roback Morse October 15, 2025 at The Blaze The Supreme Court should uphold the rights of those with unwanted same-sex attraction to seek help. In response to to a recent Supreme Court case, last week Fr. James Martin posted on X that […]
Fr. James Martin is Wrong, says Ruth Inst: God doesn’t make anyone ‘gay’
Fr. James Martin, a notorious proponent of normalizing homosexuality, tweeted that God makes people gay, and that so-called “conversion therapy” should be banned. This was in response to the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case about counseling freedom for all, including people who wish to reduce feelings of same sex […]
‘Must Stay Gay’ laws face their overdue reckoning
By Jennifer Roback Morse October 11, 2025, at The Blaze A case before the Supreme Court could end the left’s attempt to stifle dissent in the therapist’s office. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that could reshape counseling freedom across America. The law at issue is one […]
Q & A with Dr. J: My child is gender-confused
Dear readers, we frequently receive questions like this. If the scenario below is familiar to you, have a look. Q: Our daughter has recently informed us she is non-binary. She has a friend who has been going by another gender for a couple of years, and we think our daughter’s self-identification is related to her […]
It’s time to address America’s transgender ideology problem
By Jennifer Roback Morse September 09, 2025, at The Blaze Focusing on guns in the aftermath of the Annunciation shooting ignores a far more pressing issue. The Ruth Institute grieves with the community of the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. As we mourn the lives lost and the innocence shattered, our hearts are […]
Trans is the natural progression from ‘gay marriage’
by Jennifer Roback Morse at The Blaze September 04, 2025 The radical redefinition of biological sex has a clear precedent: the radical redefinition of marriage. The LGBT political coalition is beginning to fray. Andrew Sullivan is hardly alone among LGB advocates in believing the demands of the T’s are pushing the movement too far. While […]
Ruth Institute Statement on the Mass Shooting at Annunciation Church
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana — The Ruth Institute grieves with the community of the Annunciation School and Church in Minneapolis. We pray for healing and trust that God can redeem even the worst things that human beings can do. As we mourn the lives lost and the innocence shattered, our hearts are with the families, teachers, […]
Christian, conservative groups optimistic Trump may rein in ‘debanking’
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 7, 2025 at Catholic News Agency Some Christian and conservative organizations are expressing optimism that President Donald Trump may rein in “debanking” — a practice in which financial institutions have allegedly cut ties with people or groups for their religious or political beliefs. The Wall Street Journal reported […]
The Coldplay Couple Exposes the Sexual Revolution’s Big Lie
COMMENTARY: Public reaction to a viral affair exposes how deeply we still believe in moral truths — even when society tells us not to. Jennifer Roback Morse July 30, 2025 at National Catholic Register The adulterous couple caught on the Jumbotron earlier this month has become the object of scorn, ridicule and endless internet memes. […]
‘Multiverse analysis’ backs 2012 research on outcomes for kids of same-sex parents
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 A recent “multiverse analysis” by Cornell sociologists Cristobal Young and Erin Cumberworth demonstrated the accuracy of a controversial 2012 study that showed children of gay parents do worse than children who grow up with a married mother and father. In a chapter of their book titled […]
The pipeline from ‘gay marriage’ to radical trans ideology
By Jennifer Roback Morse July 17, 2025, at The Blaze The same tactics used to undermine the definition of marriage have now been applied to biological sex. This is part of an ongoing series on the relationship between the campaign for redefining marriage and trans activism. “The greater acceptance of trans people is a huge […]
Xyril’s Conversion Story
I was born in September 2002. I was only four months old when my mother left me in the care of my father to go abroad perhaps in search of a better life, or another man. My father, unable to care for me, left me with my grandmother. As I grew up, I was often […]
New Vindication for the Regnerus Same-Sex Parenting Study
July 13, 2025 By Paul Sullins at Public Discourse Recently a statistical critique by Cornell sociologists Cristobal Young and Erin Cumberworth examined how small, invisible methodological choices, such as how categories are classified or extreme cases are handled, yielded very different results in published studies. They did this by examining the results of every possible […]
Beyond Surviving–A Leaving Pride Behind Story
I was the second of seven children, and as a child, I never really had a good relationship with my father. He was into sports, and I was creative, artistic, and musically inclined. Though I tried, my athletic abilities were terrible, and peers brought a lot of shame for them. I was ridiculed by both […]
What I’ve learned from the Francis Pontificate
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. ~~Exclusive to the Ruth Institute~~ The pontificate of Pope Francis was trying for many faithful Catholics. Now that Leo XIV has been pope for a while, we can reflect on the lessons we might draw from the 12 years under Pope Francis. I believe I have learned a few […]
Garrett’s Journey of Leaving Pride Behind
I was born into a dysfunctional loving family in August 1972 to a kind, loving, clingy mother, a disciplined, loving father who could also be distant and disconnected at times, and an indifferent brother.
How we help ‘gay’ men and women ‘Leave Pride Behind’
(We didn’t write this headline: The Blaze did. All we do to help, is to give people a platform and take them and their stories seriously. But that is not nothing.) By Jennifer Roback Morse June 25, 2025 at The Blaze Ruth Institute founder Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse on challenging the ‘destructive ideology’ of the […]
My testimony of leaving Pride behind
My story isn’t all that unusual. I was molested around the age of 5 or 6 by a family member, then by a friend of the family’s son. I was exposed to pornography by my father at age 8, followed by abuse, neglect, abandonment, and further molestation. Inner vows that severely stunted my ability to […]
Former LGBT individuals speak out against California therapy ban
‘We demand our representatives rescind the evil ban on change-allowing therapy for minors in California,’ members of the Changed movement declared. Doug Mainwaring June 13, 2025 LifeSite News SACRAMENTO, California, (LifeSiteNews) — Brave former gay, lesbian and transgendered individuals took to a podium outside the California statehouse on Thursday to oppose a proposed law banning […]
Ex-LGBTQ leaders at California rally oppose ‘conversion therapy’ counseling restrictions
By Kate Quiñones June 13, 2025 Catholic News Agency When Ken Williams was 17 years old, he struggled with suicidal ideation because he was torn — he was a Christian, but he also had same-sex attraction. “My faith convictions were that God wanted me to live a life not including those letters [LGBTQ],” he said at […]
Big Tech Employee Says It’s ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’ He Has to Blacklist Conservative Group Over SPLC Label
by Tyler O’Neil | June 13, 2025 at Daily Wire A tech employee voiced opposition to his company’s policy against doing business with a nonprofit on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map,” calling the policy “absolutely ridiculous.” Now, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is investigating the Big Tech firm that acquired the employee’s company, claiming […]
Big Tech Company Used Southern Poverty Law Center To Deplatform Conservatives
‘If an Organization is on the SPLC list, we cannot work with them.’ By Leif Le Mahieu Jun 10, 2025 DailyWire.com A big tech company refused to work with any organization denounced by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing group that has been frequently criticized for smearing conservative organizations as “hate groups.” In […]
Overturning Obergefell?
Conservatives call for the Supreme Court to reverse its 2015 same-sex marriage ruling By Bekah McCallum May 8, 2025, at World. Nearly 10 years after refusing to issue a marriage license to several same-sex couples, a former Kentucky clerk hopes to bring her case before the Supreme Court. Davis spent five days in jail in […]
Research institute launches ‘Leaving Pride Behind’
Pro-family Ruth Institute calls for celebration of people who have left Pride behind Millions of people have left Pride behind, and so has the U.S. Federal Government. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced in May that the Trump Administration would not recognize Pride Month. Google also dropped Pride Month from its calendar. In the wake […]
Pope Leo XIV Speaks Hard Truths to a Troubled Age
COMMENTARY: In a blunt address to diplomats, the new Pope defends the dignity of life, the family and the most vulnerable — calling the world to moral sanity. by Jennifer Roback Morse May 28, 2025, at National Catholic Register I am deeply thankful to Pope Leo XIV for coming out of the gate with honest, […]
Ruth Inst. Applauds Pope Leo XIV’s Stand for Justice, Human Dignity, and Innocent Life
Pro-family research center the Ruth Institute praised one of the first statements of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, delivered to diplomats on May 16. Leo told the assembled envoys: It is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies. This can be achieved above all by investing in […]
“Gay” is not a life sentence, says Ruth Institute
The Ruth Institute, a pro-family research center, will co-sponsor the Speak Out Symposium in Sacramento, June 11-12, 2025. The Speak Out Symposium challenges the LGBTQ political dogma that people are “born gay” and can never change. This false dogma is the rationale for extremist bans on any therapy that allows people to question their same […]
A new book by our Italian friend
Fans of the Ruth Institute, Matteo Orlando has been a long-time supporter of our work, sharing it on the Italian online newspaper “Informazione Cattolica.” Though we have not read this newly released book, we invite you to take a look at his timely publication. Before the opening of the 2025 Conclave, Italian journalist and lecturer […]
What the Culture Gets Wrong about Sex
Dr. Jennifer Morse at Live Action’s Young Leaders Summit, March 2025 From hook-up culture to gender ideology, the Sexual Revolution has reshaped attitudes toward sex, family, and human dignity—leaving a trail of broken relationships and cultural decline. At the Live Action Young Leaders Summit, Dr. Jennifer Morse exposes the revolution’s dark history, its lasting consequences, […]
Supreme Court to Decide Case Concerning Christian Counseling, Part 2
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse April 11, 2025 at The Stream Yesterday, I explained the crucially important religious liberty case that’s soon to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, Chiles v. Salazar. That case is a challenge a Christian counselor is bringing over a Colorado law which codifies the radical theories of the LGBTQ […]
Supreme Court to Decide Case Concerning Christian Counseling, Part 1
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse April 10, 2025 at The Stream. What Bible-believing Christians need to know about Chiles v. Salazar For years, LGBTQ activists have demonized professional counseling that they badly misname as “conversion therapy.” The very existence of people who want to leave the LGBT identity behind, not to mention the work of […]
Fatherhood Isn’t Rocket Science, Elon — And You Can’t Outsource It
COMMENTARY: Despite his vast wealth, Musk cannot possibly be a living and loving presence to all of his 13 children and their four mothers. Jennifer Roback Morse February 28, 2025 at National Catholic Register The first and most important duty of a father is to love his child’s mother. This is how a man ordinarily […]
USAID, Ideological Imperialism and the Sexual State
The recent freeze on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) expenditures has brought attention to that agency’s unaccountability and waste. But the problems with USAID run deeper than merely wasting taxpayer dollars or being opaque about its activities.
Ruth Institute condemns USAID ideological imperialism
“Worse than merely waste, the USAID has been systematically exporting the Sexual Revolution to countries that do not want it,” Ruth Institute president Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. stated in response to the recent freeze on USAID expenditures. “The American public is rightly outraged about USAID’s waste of their taxpayer dollars. But look at this […]
Bishop Barron Avoids Policy Curveballs, Gets a Solid Hit on Gender Ideology
COMMENTARY: Church teaching on human nature is timeless and universal. But, Catholics can disagree among themselves on many public policies. Jennifer Roback Morse February 3, 2025, at National Catholic Register Based on vast human experience and centuries of reflection on Divine Revelation, the Catholic Church has a particular contribution to make to sound public policy […]
California Wildfires Part II: Trust and Rebuilding
By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on January 28, 2025, at The Stream. Defunding the firefighters, DEI hires for significant positions, and ideologically driven environmental restrictions on water projects: All these played a part in increasing the devastation of the recent California wildfires. In my last article, I argued that these policies are the fruit of Fantasy […]
California Wildfires Part I: Fantasy Ideology
If you are one of those people who say our society is so corrupt that we should burn it all down and start over, you got your wish. Parts of California have recently burned down, and the fires still aren’t out.
2024 VOLVO COMMERCIAL REVIEW
by Kathy Barrilleaux I cannot remember if I have ever been moved to write a review for a commercial before, but here we are. Forget its raison d’être is to sell Volvos. There is a theme FAR more important the film makers convey and it is the advocacy for life. The ad, in both obvious […]
Pro-Life Women Comprise the Real Women’s Movement
The totality of this experience convinces me that the pregnancy-care-center movement is an authentic “women’s movement.” I think they have more right to describe themselves as a “women’s movement” than some of the self-described “feminists.”
Four Things I’m Praying Donald Trump Will Do for America
I am deeply relieved that former President Donald Trump is now President-Elect Donald Trump. Right now I’m storming Heaven (and hope you will join me) in asking God to move the president on four crucial corrections.
Don’t Take Your Teenage Son to Therapy
Parents: don’t take your teenage son to therapy. You might end up making the problem worse and you won’t fix the biggest problem: you.
An Open Letter to Melania Trump
On her new book, and her position on abortion By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on October 10, 2024, at The Stream Dear Mrs. Trump, So many of us love and admire you. Your conduct as First Lady was a credit to our country. I will never forget the way you decorated the White House for Christmas: […]
Serious Synodal Resistance
Ruth Institute President Contributes “The Ruth Institute maintains that traditional Christian sexual ethics, as taught most fully by the Catholic Church, is both reasonable and humane,” stated Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Founder and President of the Ruth Institute, in response to the Synod on Synodality currently going on in Rome. “However, these teachings have had […]
P Diddy: Another Powerful Man Abusing the Weak
The astonishing revelations regarding P Diddy are yet another example of a powerful man abusing the weak.
Equality: A Word for Weasels?
By Jennifer Roback Morse Published on September 14, 2024, at The Stream Calling someone a “weasel” is an American idiom that makes an unflattering comparison between a person and an animal. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines “weasel” this way: “Equality” is often a weasel word. There is a valid Christian interpretation of the term, which some […]
Queering Women’s Boxing
COMMENTARY: The Imane Khelif case undermines the case for ‘queer’ as a protection for the weak. Jennifer Roback Morse September 3, 2024, at National Catholic Register. Using the word “queer” as a verb is the latest exercise in verbal gymnastics that the average person may not have heard of. You might assume that “to queer” […]
Take it from me: sometimes banning books is a good idea
By Friend of the Ruth Institute, James Parker, featured in the Dr. J Show interviews: “I was born gay: until I learned I wasn’t” and “Fact is, you can change your LGBT identity.” August 30, 2024, at Mercatornet.com. Conservative Christian bigots are campaigning to ban books from public libraries. This is a familiar headline in […]
Vatican slaps clergy abuse survivors in the face, again
Despite an outcry from abuse victims at the Vatican’s use of artwork by the credibly accused, now disgraced, former Jesuit priest Father Marko Rupnik, the Vatican has once again displayed one of his images on their website for the Aug. 15 solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. Clergy abuse survivor, Faith Hakesley, author of Glimmers […]
Who’s Responsible for the Olympic Women’s Boxing Disaster?
By Jennifer Roback Morse August 9, 2024, at The Stream The Olympic boxing match between Angela Carini of Italy and Imane Khelif of Algeria has sparked worldwide controversy and outrage. In my opinion, anger is justified, but only if directed at the proper target. I don’t think either of the athletes “cheated.” These young people […]
Why Non-Christians Should Care About the Olympics Drag Show
Even non-Christians should care about the disgusting drag show put on by the Paris Olympics, even if they aren’t religious.
Ruth Institute Launches Resource Center for Concerned Parents
After receiving many requests from parents and grandparents for help and information, the Ruth Institute launched its Parent Resource Center. The Sexual Revolution, which began by “liberating” the Boomer generation, is now after our children. With LGBT indoctrination in schools and libraries, Pride flags in stores, and rampant gender confusion, concerned parents wonder how to […]
Vatican Spokesman Needs to Go
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Founder and President of the Ruth Institute, called for the resignation of Dr. Paolo Ruffini as the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. At a recent Catholic Media conference, Ruffini responded to questions regarding the Vatican’s continued use of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik, who is credibly accused of serial […]
Is LGBT Persons’ Mental Health Improving?
By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse at National Catholic Register June 28, 2024 COMMENTARY: The social changes in the past 30 years have not actually improved the mental health of the people who were supposed to be helped. The social acceptance of homosexual behavior has greatly increased over the past 30 years. In that time, the […]
Sean’s journey away from the occult and homosexuality
Testimony of Sean Swart from South Africa in response to our Ex-Gay Visibility campaign For as long as I can recall I had desires that conflicted with my conscience and later my faith in Jesus – I experience same sex attraction. In my teenage years I gave my heart to Jesus but the desires didn’t […]
Leaving ‘Pride’ Behind: Answering the ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ Confusion
Focusing on the sojourners who have moved away from an LGBT identity is a scientifically, theologically and pastorally sound response.
Ex-Lesbian: Divine Grace is Real
by Suzanne Carrillo at OnePeterFive Today is the first of June, the month that Church dedicates to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since so many people outside the Catholic world haven’t any knowledge of the liturgical year, much less how one can live according to it, they will be inundated with “pride” memorabilia all month […]
Ex-Gay Visibility Day: First Sunday in June
by T. S. Flanders June 1, 2024 at One Peter Five From the Ruth Institute: “The gay lobby makes sure everyone knows Junes is ‘Pride Month,’ but they certainly won’t acknowledge the many people who have left the LGBT identity behind. That’s why the Ruth Institute is declaring the first Sunday of June to be […]