Jay Richards

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Jay W. Richards, PhD, is vice president of social and domestic policy and the William E. Simon senior research fellow in American principles and public policy at The Heritage Foundation.

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    Wolves in White Coats: HHS Exposes the Racket Behind ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

    Jay Richards
    For years, many of us have argued that so-called “gender-affirming care” for kids (read: sex-rejecting procedures) is neither caring nor affirming. It’s a euphemism for drugs and surgeries that sterilize and harm minors struggling with their sexed bodies. This madness may not have started as a fraudulent money-making scheme. But that’s where it ended up….
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    Why Is the Archdiocese of Washington Less Protective of Religious Liberty Than Maryland?

    Arina Grossu Agnew | Jay Richards
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    Supreme Court Defends Girls Sports in a Win That Stops Short of the Finish Line

    Jay Richards
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    Pope Leo’s Message in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ Is One We All Need to Hear

    Jay Richards
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    America Won’t Lose the AI Race for Lack of Ideas—but We Might Lose It for Lack of Compute

    Jay Richards
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    We Built the Statue: With AI, We Must Avoid the Pygmalion Delusion

    Jay Richards
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    Why Did President Trump Get an mRNA COVID-19 Shot? 

    David Gortler | Jay Richards
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    Protecting the Unborn Means Restoring Marriage and Family

    Jay Richards | Elizabeth Weiss
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    To Make American Healthy Again, the Country Needs a More Nuanced Farming Policy

    Jennifer Galardi | Jay Richards
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    A MAGA/MAHA Coalition Could Realign American Politics

    Jay Richards
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    Rikers Rape Case Shows Female Prisoners Are Voiceless Victims of Gender Ideology

    Jay Richards
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    UN Report Castigates Religion for Stymieing the Sexual Orientation-Gender Identity Agenda

    Grace Melton | Jay Richards
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    San Francisco’s Perverse Incentive to Identify as Transgender

    Jay Richards | Jamie Bryan Hall
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    Michigan’s Radical Proposition 3 Ballot Measure Would Go Far Beyond Just Codifying Roe v. Wade

    Jay Richards | Emma Waters
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    Did American Academy of Pediatrics Just Blink on ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ or Bluff?

    Jay Richards
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    Pride Month Jumps the Shark

    Jay Richards