Alexandra DeSanctis
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Alexandra DeSanctis wrote on culture and family issues, with a particular focus on abortion policy and pro-life advocacy, as a member of the Life and Family Initiative.
After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, where will we turn?
Alexandra DeSanctis
The assassination of Charlie Kirk seems to have fractured something deep in the American spirit. It’s a tragedy that should…
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Angelus News / September 23, 2025
Have Republicans settled the IVF debate? Not so fast
Alexandra DeSanctis
As the Trump administration and the Republican Party appear to be moving toward greater institutional support for in vitro fertilization, the pro-life movement would be…
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Washington Examiner / June 5, 2025
In defense of pro-life incrementalism
Alexandra DeSanctis
Progressive outlet Mother Jones examined the supposed “splintering” of the pro-life movement in a recent article, prompted in part by an online spat between pro-life…
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Washington Examiner / March 13, 2025
America’s Biggest Employers Should Do More To Support Families
Alexandra DeSanctis, Nathanael Blake
We keep a communal pack-and-play at our office in the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. It makes…
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Newsweek / November 20, 2024
Reclaiming Personhood in the Public Debate over IVF
Alexandra DeSanctis
As we consider the future of our debate over IVF, we must go deeper than the political questions facing us and ask ourselves fundamental questions about how we view one another.
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Public Discourse / November 4, 2024
The GOP Ticket Goes Soft on Chemical Abortion
Alexandra DeSanctis
Pro-life leaders refuse to hold the line as Trump and Vance indicate support for the majority of abortions.
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National Review Online / August 7, 2024
Women Deserve to Know They Can Reverse In-Progress Chemical Abortions
Alexandra DeSanctis
Abortion pill reversal is a potent reminder to those who profit from abortion that, if given the option, many pregnant mothers want assistance that will help them choose life.
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Public Discourse / June 24, 2024
Two Years After Dobbs
Alexandra DeSanctis, Patrick T. Brown
In June 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, correctly finding that…
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PDF / June 20, 2024
Real Women’s Health Care Doesn’t Require Killing
Alexandra DeSanctis
Senate Democrats host a public hearing designed to mislead the public about the reality of health care after Dobbs.
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Countercultured / June 4, 2024