Mary Vought

Mary Vought (@MaryVought) is President of Vought Strategies, LLC and a senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum. She is a former member of the National Council on Disability where she advocated for those in the disability community, including her youngest daughter, who has cystic fibrosis.

happy family outside together

Opinion

February 2, 2024

I have a child with a disability and NIH has made a scary proposal that could impact millions like her

NIH wants to make a strange change to its mission statement and remove the words "lengthen life." I'm the parent of a child with a disability and I find that disturbing.

Baby formula shortage

Opinion

May 25, 2022

Our baby formula crisis has roots in the WIC program that cannot be ignored

The baby formula shortage hurting our country was created by a series of decisions by leaders at the federal level. Much of the program began with the WIC program.

The Washington Post published an opinion piece condemning parent’s right.

Opinion

November 23, 2021

A message from parents to schools -- stop sexualizing our kids

"How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?" "Have you ever had oral sex?" "The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom?"

Democratic gubernatorial candidate former Governor Terry McAuliffe, left, gestures as Republican challenger, Glenn Youngkin, listens during a debate at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Opinion

October 23, 2021

Mary Vought: Virginia's Terry McAuliffe puts special interests between parents and their children

When Terry McAuliffe recently left early from an event hosted by a disability advocacy group to skip off to a swanky Las Vegas fundraiser, it represented but the most recent example of McAuliffe putting the needs of special interests ahead of the most vulnerable Virginians.