EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis writes on abortion policy and the pro-life movement, as well as on other key topics at the intersection of politics, culture, and religion.
Miss DeSanctis is a staff writer at National Review and publishes regular reporting and commentary for both the National Review print magazine and National Review Online. She hosts the National Review podcast “For Life” and speaks on college campuses and for conservative events across the country. Prior to becoming a staff writer, Alexandra spent two years as a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism with the National Review Institute. She graduated in 2016 from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in political science and minors in constitutional studies and theology. Her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Washington Examiner, America magazine, and the Human Life Review.
PUBLICATIONS
The ‘Right to Choose’ What, Jen Psaki?
Published in National Review Online on June 23, 2021
The Supreme Court Must Settle the Selective-Abortion Question
Published in National Review Online on June 14, 2021
New Poll Finds That Most Americans Want Abortion to Be Rare or Illegal
Published in National Review Online on June 9, 2021
Big Abortion v. David Daleiden
Published in The Human Life Review on May 21, 2021
Biden Spends First 100 Days Expanding Abortion on Demand
Published in National Review Online on April 30, 2021
Planned Parenthood Can’t Disavow Margaret Sanger
Published in National Review Online on April 19, 2021
Is It ‘Eugenics’ to Abort Unborn Babies with Down Syndrome?
Published in National Review on April 16, 2021
Doctors Pioneer a Way to Halt Unwanted Chemical Abortions
Published in National Review Online on April 13, 2021
Kristi Noem’s Mistake on Fairness in Girls’ Sports
Published in National Review Online on March 23, 2021
Cancel Culture’s Condescension Problem
Published in National Review Online on March 5, 2021
The Equality Act Would Require Government-Funded Abortion
Published in National Review Online on February 25, 2021
Chemical Abortion Is the New Challenge for Pro-Lifers
Published in National Review Online on February 15, 2021
Biden Raises the Stakes on the Becerra Nomination
Published in National Review Online on February 2, 2021
What the Media Won’t Tell Us about Abortion
Published in National Review Online on January 31, 2021
Pro-Life Campaign to Curb Down-Syndrome Abortions Gains Steam
Published in National Review Online on January 28, 2021
Biden Is Set to Reinstate U.S. Funding for Global Abortion
Published in National Review Online on January 21, 2021
Will Joe Manchin Remain Pro-Life?
Published in National Review Online on January 6, 2021
With Xavier Becerra at HHS, the Biden Administration Will Be Pro-Abortion
Published in National Review Online on December 16, 2020
Lincoln, Douglas, and the Failure of Colorado’s Pro-Life Vote
Published in National Review Online on November 10, 2020
The Left Doesn’t Understand Women
Published in National Review Online on November 5, 2020
Seen, Not Heard: The Challenges of Cancel Culture for Women
Published in Verily on October 29, 2020
Because of My Father
Published in National Review Online on October 18, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett Said Nice Things About Her Kids. Liberals Heard Racism.
Published in The Washington Post on October 16, 2020
Confirming New Justices Is Not ‘Packing the Court’
Published in National Review Online on October 12, 2020
Yes, Democratic Senators Have Questioned Judicial Nominees About Their Faith
Published in National Review Online on October 8, 2020
American Families Want More School Choice
Published in National Review Online on September 30, 2020
Feminists Should Be Celebrating Amy Coney Barrett
Published in National Review Online on September 26, 2020
Democrats’ Anti-Catholic Bigotry Is All About Abortion
Published in National Review Online on September 23, 2020
Critics of Cuties Aren’t Conspiracy Theorists
Published in National Review Online on September 15, 2020
What Happens If Neither Trump nor Biden Wins the Electoral College?
Published in National Review Online on September 9, 2020
Sr. Deirdre Byrne’s Gift of Witness
Published in Catholic Herald (UK) on September 6, 2020
Why the Democratic Convention Ignored Abortion
Published in National Review Online on August 25, 2020
Pro-Life Democrats Ask the DNC to Moderate on Abortion
Published in National Review Online on August 18, 2020
Rewriting History on Harris vs. Biden
Published in National Review Online on August 13, 2020
D.C. Police Arrest Pro-Life Activists for Writing on Public Sidewalk
Published in National Review Online on August 3, 2020
Biden and Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
Published in National Review Online on July 31, 2020
We Need More than a Defense of Religious Free Exercise
Published in National Review Online on July 13, 2020
In Defense of Saints and Statues
Published in National Review Online on July 10, 2020
Another Victory for the Little Sisters of the Poor
Published in National Review Online on July 8, 2020
The Productivity Pandemic
Published in National Review - July 6, 2020 issue on June 25, 2020
The Least Shocking Endorsement Ever
Published in National Review Online on June 17, 2020
Your Silence Isn’t Enough
Published in National Review Online on June 7, 2020
Identity Politics Excommunicates Its Heretics
Published in National Review Online on June 2, 2020
Clarence Thomas, Living Proof of the American Dream
Published in National Review Online on May 28, 2020
Ending Abortion of Down-Syndrome Children in the United Kingdom
Published in National Review Online on May 26, 2020
The Pro-Life Cause Doesn’t Rest on Jane Roe’s Shoulders
Published in National Review Online on May 20, 2020
It’s Time for a Federal Voucher Program
Published in National Review Online on May 19, 2020
‘How Much Is a Human Life Worth?’
Published in National Review Online on May 7, 2020
Planned Parenthood’s Ambassador to CBS News
Published in National Review Online on April 27, 2020
Drinking with Your Patron Saints During a Pandemic
Published in National Review Online on April 26, 2020
When This Is Over
Published in National Review Online on April 14, 2020
An Easter People, Now More Than Ever
Published in National Review Online on April 12, 2020
Why We Miss Baseball
Published in National Review Online on April 6, 2020
Reclaiming the ‘F Word’
Published in National Review Online on March 28, 2020
Farewell to the Pro-Life Democrats
Published in National Review Online on March 18, 2020
The Pro-Life Movement You’ve Never Heard Of
Published in National Review - April 6, 2020 issue on March 19, 2020
It’s Still Not Because She’s a Woman
Published in National Review Online on March 9, 2020
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Demonstrators Meet Outside the Supreme Court
Published in National Review Online on March 4, 2020
How Democrats Get Away with Justifying Infanticide
Published in National Review Online on February 27, 2020
Notre Dame Plays Host to Transgender Ideology
Published in National Review Online on February 20, 2020
Would the Equal Rights Amendment Enshrine Abortion Rights in the Constitution?
Published in National Review Online on February 17, 2020
Welcoming Pro-Life Democrats Is Not Enough
Published in National Review Online on February 14, 2020
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Is Back
Published in National Review Online on February 10, 2020
Joe Biden’s Last Campaign
Published in National Review - February 24, 2020 issue on February 6, 2020
Why Abortion-Rights Supporters Are Unhappy about Trump’s State of the Union
Published in National Review Online on February 5, 2020