James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, has died at age 89. Born in 1936 in Shreveport,

James Dobson, who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was long a campaigner against abortion and gay rights, has died

James Dobson, the Christian family psychologist-turned media titan who founded Focus on the Family and launched a career in public ministry in which he exerted influence over the highest levels of American politics,