Dr. James Dobson, who founded the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against bodily autonomy and LGBTQ+ rights has died. He was 89. Born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Dobson was a child psychologist who launched a radio show to counsel Christians on parenting and started Focus on the Family in 1977. Alongside fundamentalist giants like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, he became a force in the 1980s for pushing conservative Christian ideals in mainstream American politics. James Dobson was a controversial figure who wrote over 70 books. He has been criticized for promoting the abuse of children and small animals in his 1978 book, The Strong-Willed Child. The book describes an incident where he beat a puppy with a belt to teach them obedience. Dobson uses it as an analogy for how "good" parents should use corporal punishment to discipline their children. He was also a strong advocate for conversion therapy, a pseudoscientific practice which aims at forcibly changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ children.

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