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 […]

Demographer Explains Demographic Winter on Dr. J Show

A recent episode of The Dr. J Show, hosted by Ruth Institute president, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, featured noted author and demographer Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt. He explained the ramifications of worldwide falling fertility, also known as Demographic Winter. The United Nations Population Division says three-quarters of the world’s population now live in countries with below-replacement […]

Schumer’s Labor Shortage Plan Is an Insult to Our Intelligence

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D, NY) suggests amnesty for illegal immigrants to solve our labor shortage problem. “That’s an insult to our intelligence,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. Schumer said, “We’re short of workers. We have a population that’s not reproducing on its own with the same level it used […]

Boot Camp for Pro-Life, Pro-Family Activists

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May 17, 2022 The Core Leadership Training at the Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution, (June 24-25 in Lake Charles, LA) will be “a boot camp for pro-life, pro-family activists to help them be more effective spokesmen for the family,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. The Core Leadership Training, June […]

Demographic Winter: The Fatal Fall of Fertility Worldwide

Mr. Don Feder delivers a speech 'The Fatal Fall of Fertility Worldwide'.

A speech by Don Feder at International Summit of Pro-Life & Pro-Family Organizations Guatemala City, Guatemala – March 9, 2022 The thing about an apocalypse is you never see it coming. Forget pandemics, climate change, a comet hitting the earth or another Extinction Level Event. Instead, think about Demographic Winter, a catastrophe that’s happening right […]

Ruth Institute at Guatemala Pro-Life Conference

Ruth Institute at Guatemala Pro-Life Conference

March 7, 2022 Ruth Institute at Guatemala Pro-Life Conference Ruth Institute Coalitions Director Don Feder will speak on “Demographic Winter: The Fatal Worldwide Fall of Fertility” March 9 at the VI Annual Ibero-American Congress for Life and Family in Guatemala City. “Rapidly declining fertility, leading inevitably to population decline, will be the crisis of the […]

Pope Versus Pets: The World Needs Children

Pope Versus Pets

The Ruth Institute seconded Pope Francis’s comments about “selfish” couples who choose pets over children, and defended him against critics. It isn’t the Pope versus pets, it really is society against children. Speaking at the Vatican last week, the Pope said, “We see that some people do not want to have a child. Sometimes they […]

The Ruth Institute Summit: Save the Date!

Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., announced that the 5th Annual Summit for Survivors of the Sexual Revolution will be June 24-25, 2022, at the beautiful West-Cal Events Center in Sulphur, LA, near Lake Charles. “The 2021 Summit, ‘Reclaiming the Professions for Life and Family,’ was deemed a ‘transcendent fundamental experience.’ Next year’s […]

Demographic Winter Resource Center Highlights Crisis of Falling Fertility

For Immediate Release For More Information: info@ruthinstitute.org Demographic Winter Resource Center Highlights Crisis of Falling Fertility The Ruth Institute just launched a Demographic Winter Resource Center because “declining fertility is one of the most pressing issues of this century,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. “Fertility has dropped dramatically in the past […]

Top 10 Reasons to Attend Ruth Inst. Survivors’ Summit

June 17, 2021 For Immediate Release For More Information: info@ruthinstitute.org Top 10 Reasons to Attend Ruth Inst. Survivors’ Summit The Ruth Institute’s Survivors’ Summit, “Reclaiming the Professions for Life and Family,” July 16-17 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is the premiere event for leaders, activists and professionals fighting the Sexual Revolution. This one-of-a-kind Summit brings together […]

China’s Fertility Point of No Return

June 4, 2021 For Immediate Release For More Information: info@ruthinstitute.org China’s Fertility Point of No Return On China now allowing three children per family, Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., said, “In terms of falling fertility, China has probably passed the point of no-return. But it should still end all controls on family […]

About-Face on Demographic Winter from the New York Times

(May 27, 2021) Don Feder is a guest of Fr. Rob Jack on Sacred Heart Radio’s Driving Home the Faith. They’re discussing the New York Times’ about-face on demographic winter as detailed in Ruth Institute’s latest press release. Listen

On Demographic Winter, New York Times Finally Getting It

May 26, 2021 For Immediate Release For More Information: info@ruthinstitute.org  On Demographic Winter, New York Times Finally Getting It Regarding the May 24 New York Times article, “Long Slide Looms for World Population,” Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., said, “The mainstream media is finally starting to get that Demographic Winter is a […]

The Left’s War on Procreation

– Don Feder This was originally published on FrontPageMag. Last week, the left’s war on procreation was headline news. In the April 29thBritish edition ofVogue,Nell Frizzell wrote a pean to population control: “Is Having a Child Pure Environmental Terrorism?” – a shameless piece of virtue signaling. Frizzell confessed that when she was pregnant, she “worried […]