Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan

Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan is strategic adviser at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. He served as legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee from 1978-1981, worked as a senior writer for President Reagan until1989, helped to lead the Family Research Council for nearly two decades and served as Senior Fellow in Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. He is the founder and was president (2011-2024) of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research and education arm of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

Chuck has played key roles in the development of federal and state policy regarding public financing of abortion, compassionate alternatives to abortion, the child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, rights of conscience, and a wide array of other life and family issues.

Donovan is the author or co-author of books and monographs on family topics, including Blessed Are the Barren (1991), on the social policy of Planned Parenthood. Appearances on national radio and television include CNN’s Inside Politics and ABC’s Nightline as well as programs on FOX, BBC, NPR, the Voice of America, EWTN and CBN. His articles and commentaries have been published in dozens of newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, San Diego Union and National Catholic Register, and in magazines such as Reader’s Digest, The Weekly Standard, American Legion Magazine, World Magazine, American Library Journal, Crisis, and Focus on the Family’s Citizen. He has published in the peer-reviewed journals Linacre Quarterly and the Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. He has spoken to audiences across the United States and in Venezuela and the United Kingdom.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Donovan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of Notre Dame.

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