Dr Jennifer Roback Morse
Dr Jennifer Roback Morse, PhD is the founder of the Ruth Institute, a global non-profit organisation 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 has authored or co-authored five books and spoken around the globe on marriage, family and human sexuality. 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 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. For a listing of Dr Morse's current presentations, please click here. You can listen to many of Dr Morse’s recent talks on the Ruth Institute podcast page.
Articles by Dr Jennifer Roback Morse:
13 April 2021
1.3 MINS
The Ruth Institute presented a dozen white roses to Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, for his bold defense of Catholic doctrine. “As head of the U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee, Naumann has courageously called out ‘pro-choice’ Catholic politicians,” Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback [...]
22 March 2021
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“I’m proud to announce that the Ruth Institute has opened its online Resource Center on Censorship and Propaganda,” said Ruth Institute President, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. Morse observed: “Thoughtful people from across the political spectrum are becoming alarmed by the ‘Cancel Culture,’ Big Tech [...]
10 March 2021
1.6 MINS
“The 'Equality Act' making its way through Congress will force people to lie about the reality of biological sex and, by lying, to corrupt themselves,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. “The Equality Act will require us to affirm that a man [...]
2 March 2021
1.8 MINS
“This may be the greatest threat to freedom in America today,” Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., said of censorship and the cancel culture. Earlier this month, the pro-family group MassResistance discovered that its credit-card processing had been shut down. Supporters who tried [...]
26 February 2021
1.3 MINS
“It’s sad but hardly surprising,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., in response to the news that the Biden Administration will restore $200 million in funding to the World Health Organization cut by President Trump last year. Trump cited WHO’s abysmal record [...]
25 February 2021
1.7 MINS
“New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Surrogacy law legalises commercial, gestational surrogacy -- the buying and selling of newborns,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., Founder and President of the Ruth Institute. “We unequivocally deplore this law.” Already in hot water over his alleged responsibility for [...]
19 February 2021
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“Apparently there’s no longer enough money in the abortion racket. Now Planned Parenthood has found a new class of victims to exploit,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., Founder and President of the Ruth Institute. Morse was reacting to an explosive interview with an anonymous [...]
8 February 2021
1.6 MINS
The Ruth Institute is celebrating National Marriage Week in the USA, February 7-14, by launching its online Marriage Resource Centre. “We’re always eager to promote lifelong married love, especially this past year when couples faced so many challenges getting married,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, [...]
4 February 2021
1.5 MINS
“In three actions in his first week in office, President Biden has demonstrated his blind adherence to ‘transgendered’ dogma,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Founder and President of the Ruth Institute. Morse reported: “First, he appointed a man who says he’s a woman, Dr. Richard [...]
29 January 2021
1.6 MINS
Tech giant Twitter knowingly allowed the distribution of images of the sexual exploitation of a minor, a lawsuit filed in federal district court last week alleges. “Where were Twitter’s much-vaunted ‘community standards,’ in this case?” asked Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., founder and president of [...]
21 January 2021
1.8 MINS
“The Ruth Institute congratulates the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, for siding with nature and science against ideology,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., founder and president of the Ruth Institute. On January 15, the Lansing diocese launched a policy on gender identity based on [...]
19 January 2021
1.4 MINS
“Removing healthy breasts is irrevocable and unconscionable,” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., in response to the California Department of Insurance stating insurance companies must pay for the breast removal of teenaged girls “transitioning” to boys. Further, these operations are no longer [...]
14 January 2021
1.8 MINS
“It’s ironic that Nancy Pelosi -- the first female Speaker of the House -- is erasing women in the name of ‘inclusiveness,’” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., speaking of the new House of Representatives diversity rules. The rules, which were adopted [...]
23 December 2020
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Life Petitions and the Ruth Institute have launched an online petition demanding NBC retract its December 9 story, insinuating the Institute is a hate group. Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., explained: “Using the Southern Poverty Law Center as its source, NBC reported [...]
4 December 2020
1.2 MINS
A High Court in the United Kingdom ruled it unlikely that minors suffering from gender dysphoria are able to give informed consent for hormone-blocking drugs. Ruth Institute Founder and President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., was greatly encouraged by this ruling. “Keira Bell, one of [...]
26 November 2020
1.4 MINS
“Despite a recent poll showing 85% of Kenyan citizens support the right to life, international NGOs are pushing a new abortion bill, which would override the will of the people,” said Ruth Institute Founder and President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. The deceptively named Reproductive [...]
17 November 2020
1 MINS
“On November 18, 1920, Soviet Russia became the first country to legalise abortion,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., founder and president of The Ruth Institute. “It’s not surprising that a totalitarian state pioneered legalised abortion. Just as communism violates human rights on a massive [...]
10 November 2020
1.4 MINS
Ruth Institute praises judge in clergy sex abuse case, calls on Church to laicize offending priest. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Fr. Michael Guidry’s conviction and 10-year sentence for child molestation handed down in 2019. Ruth Institute Founder and President Dr. Jennifer [...]
28 October 2020
1.6 MINS
Media for Pope’s Pro-gay Comments a Distraction for McCarrick Sex Abuse Cover-up, says Ruth Inst. Ruth Inst. President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. stated: “Pope Francis does not have the authority to change Church teaching. He knows this. The media’s barely-concealed glee that the Catholic [...]
23 October 2020
1.4 MINS
“Judge Barrett did not have to apologise at all for using the expression ‘sexual preference,’” said Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., “Homosexuality is not innate.” Morse was commenting on an exchange in the course of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing. Sen. Mazie [...]





