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Austin Ruse is president of C-Fam (Center for Family & Human Rights), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council. He is also a bi-weekly columnist with Crisis Magazine.

Articles by Austin Ruse

Obama Sleeps While Ebola Virus Kills Africans by the Score

In today’s Washington Post, there is a picture of a nearly naked man laying supine in the dirt; hovering over him, a person fully covered in Hazmat gear — covered head to toe — dousing the dying man with disinfectant.

Obama Sleeps While Ebola Virus Kills Africans by the Score

Cory Gardner Tries to Take Contraception Issue Away from Democrats

GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner is betting that contraception will get him at least a few votes among Colorado women who’ve bought into the “war on women” meme promoted by the Democratic Party.  Gardner has released an ad in which he

Cory Gardner Tries to Take Contraception Issue Away from Democrats

Federal Judges Against Requirement that Saved Joan Rivers' Life

Federal judges are having a field day lately striking down what abortion proponents call draconian new laws that require abortionists to have admitting privileges at their local hospital.  Abortion proponents say this imposes an “undue burden,” and they are “medically

Federal Judges Against Requirement that Saved Joan Rivers' Life

Protesters Arrested at World Congress of Families Conference in Australia

Two protesters were arrested at a pro-family conference on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. ABC News reported 50 demonstrators attended the event, despite critics’ previous promise that thousands of protesters would block the entrances.  The event is a regional conference of

Protesters Arrested at World Congress of Families Conference in Australia

Federal Judge Opens Door Further to Group Marriage

The polygamist reality TV stars of “Sister Wives” can sleep easy tonight as a Federal Judge in Utah has struck down at least part of the State’s ban on polygamy.  The Utah ban made it illegal and punishable by up to

Federal Judge Opens Door Further to Group Marriage

'Personhood' Fight Could Hamper GOP Takeover of U.S. Senate

Colorado has been the scene of two bruising fights over what supporters call “personhood,” efforts to recognize the unborn child as a person under state and therefore federal law. The “personhood” fight has come to Colorado again this year and

'Personhood' Fight Could Hamper GOP Takeover of U.S. Senate

Macedonia Set to Ban Gay Marriage

The Parliament of Macedonia is set to halt any prospect of same-sex marriage in this land-locked state that used to be a part of Yugoslavia.  A plenary session of the Parliament is expected to pass a package of constitutional changes

Macedonia Set to Ban Gay Marriage

Sexual Left Shocked by Organized Pro-Lifers in Europe

Left-wing and mainstream media are slowly catching on there’s something happening in Europe, with a rapidly growing conservative movement that looks an awful lot like the same movement here. This was true exponentially for BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder, who was hired

Sexual Left Shocked by Organized Pro-Lifers in Europe

Porn Peters Out in L.A.

Los Angeles issued only 40 permits all of last year for porn productions, according to a nonprofit group that tracks film production cited by The LA Times. This is a drop from 400 permits issued in 2012. So far this

Porn Peters Out in L.A.

Slate: Conservatives Offended by New, Tiny Gay Numbers from CDC

LGBT advocates continue to show alarm over the new numbers released from the Centers for Disease Control that show gays and lesbians make up no more than 1.6% of the adult population of the United States.  The adult population of the

Slate: Conservatives Offended by New, Tiny Gay Numbers from CDC

Mystery Deepens over Ambassador's Same-Sex Wedding in Vienna

A review of relevant U.S. laws and regulations has deepened questions about the marriage between the US Ambassador to a multilateral organization located in Austria and his same-sex partner over the weekend in Vienna. Daniel Baer, U.S. Ambassador to the

Mystery Deepens over Ambassador's Same-Sex Wedding in Vienna

Pope Lifts Suspension of Leftist Priest Who Called Ronald Reagan a 'Butcher'

Reverend Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, long-time radical Foreign Minister of the Marxist-inspired Sandinista regime in Nicargua, has had his 29-year long priestly suspension lifted by Pope Francis, allowing the 81-year old priest to say Mass and resume other pastoral activities. The American-born priest

Pope Lifts Suspension of Leftist Priest Who Called Ronald Reagan a 'Butcher'

Did Ambassador's Same-Sex Nuptials Violate Any Laws?

The legality of it is still unclear, but the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe is claiming he and his male partner were married this weekend in Austria. Along with a majority of European

Did Ambassador's Same-Sex Nuptials Violate Any Laws?

UN Secretary General Pushes for Abortion During Wartime

Despite more than twenty years of rejection by the UN General Assembly, abortion advocates continue to clamor for an international right to abortion that is supported by UN treaties and international law. It is one of the most-contested propositions in

UN Secretary General Pushes for Abortion During Wartime

Court Ruling Implies States Must Have at Least One Abortion Clinic

A U.S. Circuit Court ruled Tuesday that the state of Mississippi may not require abortion doctors in that state to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. The court said the requirement “imposes an undue burden on a woman’s right to

Court Ruling Implies States Must Have at Least One Abortion Clinic

Abortion Clinics Continue to Close amid Lawsuits, Protests

In what has become a regular occurrence, another abortion clinic has closed its doors after years of protests and legal action by pro-life activists. Operation Rescue is reporting that Central Family Medical in Kansas City, Kansas, announced on its website

Abortion Clinics Continue to Close amid Lawsuits, Protests

Report: Pope Francis to Make First Visit to the United States

Though not yet confirmed by the Vatican, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has announced that Pope Francis will make his first visit to the United States to attend the World Meeting of Families that will take place in Philadelphia next

Report: Pope Francis to Make First Visit to the United States

'Personhood' Again Roils Colorado Politics

Proponents of personhood–the political and legal proposition that the unborn child should be recognized as a person entitled to protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, thereby making abortion illegal–have hoped that a state would enact a personhood amendment. Such

'Personhood' Again Roils Colorado Politics

European Human Rights Court: No Right to Same-Sex Marriage

The highest human rights court in Europe has told European LGBTs that they have no human right to same-sex marriage, in a case that also shows how complicated sexual and marital norms have become in this new transsexual world. The

European Human Rights Court: No Right to Same-Sex Marriage

Gay Speech Police Targets Giants for Hiring Super Bowl Hero

The Human Rights Campaign has said that David Tyree’s views on marriage mean that he couldn’t possibly be a good football coach, encouraging the New York Giants to rethink the retired receiver’s spot as director of player development. Citing Tyree’s

Gay Speech Police Targets Giants for Hiring Super Bowl Hero

The Word 'Family' Incenses the Left at the UN

For years the political left at the UN has gotten its way on issues related to the family, but not recently, and they are upset. The issue is over language. The left does not like the use of the singular

The Word 'Family' Incenses the Left at the UN

American Bar Association May Name Sexual Orientation a Human Right

The American Bar Association will vote on the controversial notion that being and acting LGBT is a human right protected in international law. The resolution will be considered by the ABA House of Delegates at their annual meeting this August

American Bar Association May Name Sexual Orientation a Human Right

Singapore High Court Refuses to Hear Gay-Sex Ban

One of the last vestiges of colonial rule is increasingly under protest and legal action around the world where the sun once never set on the British Empire. Anti-sodomy laws are getting hearings, sometimes in the street but often in

Singapore High Court Refuses to Hear Gay-Sex Ban

U.N. Committee Says Irish Abortion Ban Violates International Law

A UN committee in Geneva blasted Ireland for its laws against abortion, saying its pro-life stance violates the terms of a long-standing UN human rights treaty. Committee members told Irish Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald that the constitutional provision defending

U.N. Committee Says Irish Abortion Ban Violates International Law

Chase Bank Has Pattern of Partisanship on LGBT Issues

The recent exposé of the employee survey that asked probing questions about employee support for the “LGBT community” has focused attention on something that the typical depositor might not be aware of, and that is the massive time and attention

Chase Bank Has Pattern of Partisanship on LGBT Issues

'The View' Host Sherri Shepherd Rejects Unborn IVF Baby

A year ago The View co-host Sherri Shepherd announced she and her husband Lamar Sally were going to have a baby using a surrogate. The procedure was to use Shepherd’s eggs and the womb of a stranger. Shepherd said at

'The View' Host Sherri Shepherd Rejects Unborn IVF Baby

Chase Spokesman Insists LGBT Survey Was Anonymous

A spokesman for JP Morgan Chase told a reporter for the Daily Signal, a news site published by the Heritage Foundation, that the annual employee survey that included controversial questions about support for the LGBT community was “anonymous.” If true,

Chase Spokesman Insists LGBT Survey Was Anonymous

Court Orders Priest to Reveal Confession

The Supreme Court of Louisiana has ordered a Catholic priest to reveal something said to him in confession, asking him to do something that would result in his automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church. The case revolves around a 12-year-old

Court Orders Priest to Reveal Confession

Exclusive: Chase LGBT Whistleblower Talks to Breitbart News

Search “Chase and LGBT” on the Internet, and you will see the controversial Chase employee survey on LGBT dominates the results. Moreover, the issue shows no signs of abating. A Chase employee who reached out to Professor Robert George of

Exclusive: Chase LGBT Whistleblower Talks to Breitbart News