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.

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

OPINION February 2

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.

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

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.

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

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?"

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

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.