No One is Entitled to a Child, but Every Child Deserves Two Parents
June 22, 2021 For Immediate Release For More Information: info@ruthinstitute.org No One is Entitled to a Child, but Every Child Deserves Two Parents In the June 15 New York Times article, “I Did I.V.F. Without a Partner. It Shouldn’t Have Been So Hard,” author Alicia Lombardini described the emotional burden and expense of getting pregnant […]
AUDIO: Forced Abortions Really Happen. Why Do We Never Hear About Them?
Attorney Catherine Glenn Foster serves as President and CEO of Americans United for Life. AUL’s legal strategists have been involved in every pro-life case before the U.S. Supreme Court since Roe v. Wade. Under Foster’s leadership, AUL pursues and refines a mother-child strategy that looks at the interests and vulnerabilities of both, protecting them from abortion industry abuses. Foster has litigated precedent-setting constitutional questions, abortion and maternal health, health and safety regulations, euthanasia and assisted suicide, denial of medical care, First Amendment rights, genetic engineering issues, the Freedom of Information Act, and more. Foster has testified before and advised the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and other federal and state bodies and representatives. She and her award-winning work have appeared extensively in national media. Listen This is an audio podcast of The Dr J Show. Full video episode is available here. Readings and resources below cut. Foster spent seven years as litigation counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. She then founded a law practice focusing on respect for the sanctity of innocent human life. She also led Euthanasia Prevention Coalition USA as Executive Director. Foster serves on the boards of And Then There Were None, Christian Legal Society D.C. Metro Chapter, and Rockville Women’s Center, as well as on the advisory board of the Center for Bioethics &, Human Dignity. Foster earned her J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center and also holds an M.A. in French from the University of South Florida, and a B.A. in History and French from Berry College. Foster is admitted to the bar in Virginia and Washington D.C., as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 5th, 8th, and 9th Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is an inaugural member of the Feder
Forced Abortions Really Happen. Why Do We Never Hear About Them?
Attorney Catherine Glenn Foster serves as President and CEO of Americans United for Life. AUL’s legal strategists have been involved in every pro-life case before the U.S. Supreme Court since Roe v. Wade. Under Foster’s leadership, AUL pursues and refines a mother-child strategy that looks at the interests and vulnerabilities of both, protecting them from abortion industry abuses. Foster has litigated precedent-setting constitutional questions, abortion and maternal health, health and safety regulations, euthanasia and assisted suicide, denial of medical care, First Amendment rights, genetic engineering issues, the Freedom of Information Act, and more. Foster has testified before and advised the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and other federal and state bodies and representatives. She and her award-winning work have appeared extensively in national media. Foster spent seven years as litigation counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. She then founded a law practice focusing on respect for the sanctity of innocent human life. She also led Euthanasia Prevention Coalition USA as Executive Director. Foster serves on the boards of And Then There Were None, Christian Legal Society D.C. Metro Chapter, and Rockville Women’s Center, as well as on the advisory board of the Center for Bioethics &, Human Dignity. Foster earned her J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center and also holds an M.A. in French from the University of South Florida, and a B.A. in History and French from Berry College. Foster is admitted to the bar in Virginia and Washington D.C., as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 5th, 8th, and 9th Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is an inaugural member of the Federalist Society Founders Club, Senior Fellow in Legal Policy at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and a fellow with the James
DR J SHOW AUDIO: So You Want To Defend Marriage? Come Hear the Story of Our Founder
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse is the founder of the Ruth Institute, a global non-profit organization that defends the family at home and in the public square and equips others to do the same. She is passionate about equipping family advocates with the knowledge and confidence to defend the family at home and in the public square. Dr. Morse was a campaign spokeswoman for California’s winning Proposition 8 campaign, defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. She has authored or co-authored five books and spoken around the globe on marriage, family and human sexuality. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Polish and Chuukese, the native language of the Micronesian Islands. Her newest books are The Sexual Revolution and Its Victims and 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person, coauthored with Betsy Kerekes. Listen This is an audio podcast of The Dr J Show. Full video episode is available here. Readings &, resources below cut. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and taught economics at Yale and George Mason Universities. Dr. Morse was named one of the “Catholic Stars of 2013” on a list that included Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. Morse and her husband are parents of an adopted child, a birth child, a goddaughter and were foster parents for San Diego County to eight foster children. In 2015, Dr. Morse and her husband relocated to Lake Charles, Louisiana, where the work of the Ruth Institute continues. Readings &, Resources Love and Economics (2001), on Amazon "Competing Visions of the Child, the Family, and the School (2002),", part of Education in the Twenty-first Century, by Edward Lazear "Making Room at the Inn: Why the Modern World Needs the Needy (2003),", part of Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny, by Doug Bandow &, David Schindler Smart Sex: Finding Life-long Love in a Hook-up World (2005), on Amazon The Sexual State, TheSexualState.com
So You Want To Defend Marriage? Come Hear the Story of Our Founder
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse is the founder of the Ruth Institute, a global non-profit organization that defends the family at home and in the public square and equips others to do the same. She is passionate about equipping family advocates with the knowledge and confidence to defend the family at home and in the public square. Dr. Morse was a campaign spokeswoman for California’s winning Proposition 8 campaign, defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. She has authored or co-authored five books and spoken around the globe on marriage, family and human sexuality. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Polish and Chuukese, the native language of the Micronesian Islands. Her newest books are The Sexual Revolution and Its Victims and 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person, coauthored with Betsy Kerekes. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and taught economics at Yale and George Mason Universities. Dr. Morse was named one of the “Catholic Stars of 2013” on a list that included Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI. Dr. Morse and her husband are parents of an adopted child, a birth child, a goddaughter and were foster parents for San Diego County to eight foster children. In 2015, Dr. Morse and her husband relocated to Lake Charles, Louisiana, where the work of the Ruth Institute continues. Readings &, Resources Love and Economics (2001), on Amazon "Competing Visions of the Child, the Family, and the School (2002),", part of Education in the Twenty-first Century, by Edward Lazear "Making Room at the Inn: Why the Modern World Needs the Needy (2003),", part of Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny, by Doug Bandow &, David Schindler Smart Sex: Finding Life-long Love in a Hook-up World (2005), on Amazon The Sexual State, TheSexualState.com
Cosmopolitan Lied to Make Money! Sue Ellen Browder Wrote For Cosmo and Tells the Story
Award-winning journalist Sue Ellen Browder has addressed members of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows, including the Today Show, Oprah, EWTN News Nightly, and Fox News. She has published hundreds of articles in many national magazines and newspapers, including Reader’s Digest, Woman’s Day, the National Catholic Register, and Cosmopolitan. As the author of Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement and Sex and the Catholic Feminist (both published by Ignatius), Sue Ellen has spoken at many pro-life conferences around the country, including the 2020 March for Life Conference and the Pro-Life Summit. Readings and Resources "She Wrote Fake News for Cosmopolitan and Now Regrets Misleading Women on Feminism,", by Kelsey Bolar in the Daily Signal Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement, by Sue Ellen Browder (Amazon) Come to our Summit! ruthinstitute.org/summit-2020
DR J SHOW AUDIO: Cosmopolitan Lied to Make Money! Sue Ellen Browder Wrote For Cosmo and Tells the Story
Award-winning journalist Sue Ellen Browder has addressed members of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows, including the Today Show, Oprah, EWTN News Nightly, and Fox News. She has published hundreds of articles in many national magazines and newspapers, including Reader’s Digest, Woman’s Day, the National Catholic Register, and Cosmopolitan. As the author of Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement and Sex and the Catholic Feminist (both published by Ignatius), Sue Ellen has spoken at many pro-life conferences around the country, including the 2020 March for Life Conference and the Pro-Life Summit. Listen This is an audio podcast of The Dr J Show. Full video episode is available here. Readings and Resources "She Wrote Fake News for Cosmopolitan and Now Regrets Misleading Women on Feminism,", by Kelsey Bolar in the Daily Signal Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement, by Sue Ellen Browder (Amazon) Come to our Summit! ruthinstitute.org/summit-2020
Cardinal Pell’s Acquittal Contains Message for Retired Professionals: Get to Work!
This article was first published April 14, 2020, at the NCRegister. COMMENTARY: The people who have the most to offer in combating the sexual revolution also have the most to lose from doing so. by Jennifer Roback Morse Respected commentator Father Raymond de Souza observed a little-known fact about the convoluted case of Australian Cardinal […]
The Theology of Home: Dr. Carrie Gress on the Dr J Show.
Carrie Gress has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America. She is the editor at the online women’s magazine Theology of Home. Carrie has written for numerous publications, including Aleteia, Catholic Vote, Catholic World Report, National Review, The Catholic Thing, The Federalist, The National Catholic Register, The Stream, and The Washington Examiner. She is a frequent guest on Ave Maria Radio, Catholic Answers, EWTN Radio, and Relevant Radio, and has appeared on Fox, BBC, CBC, EWTN and Shalom World television. Carrie has lived and worked professionally in Washington, D.C. and Rome, Italy, and her work has been translated into nine languages. She is the author of Nudging Conversions (Dynamic Catholic 2015), Ultimate Makeover (Dynamic Catholic, 2016), The Marian Option (TAN Books, 2017), and Marian Consecration for Children (TAN Books, 2018). She co-authored City of Saints: A Pilgrim’s Guide to John Paul II’s Krakow with George Weigel. Her latest book, The Anti-Mary Exposed (TAN Books) was released in March 1, 2019. Her latest book, Theology of Home, was released in Sept. 2019. Resources: carriegress.com theologyofhome.com thrivinginthetrenches.com/new-helena-daily Love and Economics: It Takes a Family to Raise a Village For information about authentic masculinity, these earlier episodes of The Dr. J Show will be helpful: Robert Vazzo on therapy for unwanted same sex attraction Kevin Wells on The Priests We Need Fr. Carter Griffin on Celibacy Action Items: Share this episode of The Dr. J Show with the young families in your life. Give the Theology of Home as gifts, especially for mothers who may be questioning the value of the time they are spending in the home. Subscribe to Carrie’s list and her podcast. Subscribe to the Ruth Institute You-Tube channel.
The Pro-Life Movement: Combatting the Sexual Revolution on the Front Lines
(September 28, 2019) Dr J is invited to give the keynote address at Pro-Life Action Ministries in St. Paul, Minnesota. It’s the oldest, largest direct action pro-life group in the states, and her talk is entitled "The Pro-Life Movement: Combatting the Sexual Revolution on the Front Lines.", PowerPoint slides are also available for this presentation. Listen
I Chose Career over Children
When I reached adulthood in the Sixties with a college degree, I was determined to pursue my career and didn’t really desire to have children. Although I hoped someday to marry, my priorities involved other pursuits, in particular, travel and continued education. A husband might, and children definitely, would interfere with my goals, take up […]
Catholic Culture Conference 2019: Understanding the Sexual Revolution
(May 31, 2019) Dr J is one of the speakers at the Spiritual Life Center’s Catholic Culture Conference in Wichita, Kansas. This is the first of three talks she’s giving at the annual gathering, and it’s entitled, "Understanding the Sexual Revolution.", The Q&A session after this talk is also available for listening or download here. Stay tuned for her other talks from the conference, coming right up in our podcast stream. Listen to the talk | Listen to the Q&A
Respect Life 2018: Understanding the Sexual Revolution
(October 13, 2018) Dr J is the keynote speaker at the Respect Life Conference in Meriden, Connecticut. She gave two talks, this is the first one, "Understanding the Sexual Revolution,", on what the sexual revolution is, its underlying ideologies, and how it moves forward. Stay tuned for her second talk in our regular podcast stream. Listen
My Life in Books
(October 10, 2018) Dr J gives her life in books she’s authored as a 10-minute presentation at Business Network International. More information at ruthinstitute.org, but here’s the list: Love and Economics: It Takes a Family to Raise a Village Smart Sex: Finding Lifelong Love in a Hook-Up World 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person The Sexual Revolution and Its Victims The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church was Right All Along
LAR: Understanding the Sexual Revolution and the Contraceptive Ideology
(May 25, 2018) Dr J is one of the speakers at the Asociación LAR México conference in Monterrey, Mexico. Now in their 9th year, the theme this time around is "The Challenges of the Family Today.", Dr J gave three talks, and this is the first, on "Understanding the Sexual Revolution and the Contraceptive Ideology.", Stay tuned for the other two. Lar, which means "home", in Spanish, is part of the larger IFFD, the International Federation for Family Development.
The Real Reason The Atlantic Fired Kevin Williamson
by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse First published April 11, 2018, at The Stream. Kevin Williamson has been summarily dismissed from The Atlantic. The editor says it was because Williamson advocated that the law should treat abortion as murder. But this is hardly a full explanation of the full social process around this disturbing incident. Williamson […]
The myth of ‘economic man’: How love holds society together
by Joseph Sunde at Acton.org on February 14, 2017 Despite the predictable flurry of sugary clichés and hedonistic consumerism, Valentine’s Day is as good an opportunity as any to reflect on the nature of human love and consider how we might further it across society. For those of us interested in the study of economics, […]
Sterile fantasies
Young people are clueless about how quickly their fertility ebbs away by Nicole M. King for Mercatornet.com on February 8, 2017 Melinda Gates: “Like most women I know, I have used contraceptives for many years.” The News Story: Want to Empower Women Worldwide? Give Them Access to Contraceptives “Like most women I know, I have […]
Altar Society: About Ruth…
(November 21, 2016) Dr J was invited to speak at the Altar Society in Lake Charles on the work and history of the Ruth Institute.
Courage Conference: Phoenix 2017
(January 10, 2017) Dr J traveled to Phoenix to participate in the Courage Conference, a Roman Catholic organization dedicated to helping persons with same-sex attraction live chaste lives and seek holiness. Her topic was "Understanding the Sexual Revolution."
HOME ECONOMICS: Jennifer Roback Morse proclaims the social utility of the family
First published August 11, 2016 at heymiller.com and will be in the NATIONAL REVIEW August 29, 2016. by John J. Miller “It’s a discouraging time to be a social conservative,” says Jennifer Roback Morse. “We’ve been marginalized everywhere: the media, the academy, the legal system, and now even in politics.” Many of her brethren know […]
Elite Women Wage Social Warfare on Everywoman
by Jennifer Roback Morse This article was first posted at The Blaze on July 5, 2016. So a radical feminist and two childless women walk into a courtroom. How do you expect them to rule on abortion or contraception? Their lives as they know them, depend on both. In Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, the […]
What the Hook-Up Culture does to Women
(June 15, 2016) Dr J is once again Drew Mariani’s guest on his show on the Relevant Radio network. They’re discussing the effects of the sexual revolution on women.
Making Marriage Matter, Part 2
(June 9, 2016) Dr J fields questions after addressing law students participating in the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship. If you missed her talks on the family as the foundation of society and the agenda of the modern sexual revolution, check out our podcast stream.
Pro-Family Political Leaders and legislators: low-hanging fruit
Pro-Family Political Leaders and legislators: here is some low-hanging legislative fruit. Propose that your state standardize the reporting for all IVF clinics in your state. The measure you want is Live Birth per Cycle Initiated. This proposal allow you to educate the public, including women who are being misled by the industry. This proposal […]
Career women: Counting on IVF after 40? Think again
An Australian study came out with success rates for women over 40, using their own fresh (that is, not frozen from years before) eggs. The figures are shocking: The latest, Australian-only numbers given to Four Corners by the industry show the chance of a live delivery for initiated cycles by all age groups for […]
Long and Winding Road out of the gay lifestyle: a story of forgiveness
The headline over at LifeSiteNews says this is a story out of the gay lifestyle. And so it it. But it is first and foremost an inspiring story of forgiveness and repentance. Any Survivor of the Sexual Revolution, any person seeking peace, can benefit from this article. A sample: I embarked upon an incredible […]
Help for the victims of the sexual revolution
By Alyson Smith Celebrate Life September-October 2015 Jennifer Roback Morse, PhD, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, brings a unique voice to discussions of love, marriage, sexuality, and the family. Tell us about the Ruth Institute. What led you to found it? I had been a hard-charging career woman in my 20s and early […]
The Catholic Conversation: Fallout from the Sexual Revolution
(November 17, 2015) Dr J is interviewed by Steve and Becky Green on The Catholic Conversation out of Phoenix, Arizona. They’re discussing the fallout of the sexual revolution in regard to freedom and the family broadly and children specifically.
Single Mothers by Choice
Are any of you single mothers, raised by a single mother, or have friends or family members who are single mothers? Are any of you Donor Conceived? Many Danish women have given up on finding the right man and are opting to raise children on their own through donor conception. What do you think of […]
The Sexual Revolution, Part 6
(September 8, 2015) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re concluding their 6-part series on the sexual revolution: this one touches on the stigma of abstinence, the effects of the hook-up culture, and the West’s war on fertility, among other things.
The Sexual Revolution, Part 3
(July 28, 2015) Dr J is once again Todd Wilkin’s guest on Issues, Etc. They’re continuing their 6-part series on the sexual revolution: part 3 examines the claim that "women can have it all", and its influence over modern sexual education. Check out our podcast stream if you’re joining us in the middle of the series, and of course stay tuned as the rest of it comes up.
Hobby Lobby and The War Among Women
This article was also published at Christianpost.com here. You have no doubt heard that the men of the US Supreme Court are making war on the interests of American women. You may, however, have some doubt as to which interests of which women. I maintain that there has been a War Among Women for the past 50 years or so. And most of the time, the Elite Women prevail over Everywoman. But not this time. Everywoman: embedded within the family / Elite Woman: alone at the top Let me tell you about a friend of mine named Katie. She is a brilliant attorney, who works part-time for a non-profit public interest legal organization. Katie has nine children, whom she homeschools. She lives out in the country in coastal California. By any reasonable reckoning, Katie, is “having it all:” big family, country living in one of the most beautiful places on earth, and meaningful, intellectually challenging work. However, it is safe to say that Katie is highly unlikely to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court. She has other concerns. She does not have the single-minded focus on her legal career that would allow her to be a serious contender. I too, have had a wonderful advantaged life: meaningful work, good family life. But I never chaired an economics department. I never sat on any prestigious commissions. I wasn’t given any political appointment as my childless or male peers have done. Which brings me back to the subject at hand: whose interests do the women on the Supreme Court actually represent? Ruth Bader Ginsburg came of age in the short window of time when women could still get married, have kids, go to law school, and have a career after child-bearing. Her two children were born when she was 22 and 32. Thanks to radical feminism, highly educated women have a much more difficult time doing these things. They can go to law school and have a career alright. But getting married and having children sometime before menopause, not so much. Justice Ginsburg had the lifelong support of her husband in her career aspirations. Thanks to