Alexandra DeSanctis

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EPPC Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis writes 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.

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EPPC Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis writes 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.

DeSanctis has been a writer at National Review since 2016, where she covers politics, elections, culture, and abortion policy. She first joined NR as a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism with the National Review Institute and since 2018 has been a staff writer. She has been a regular commentator on NR’s podcast “The Editors.”

Her writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic, among other publications. She speaks for high-school and college audiences across the country about abortion and the pro-life movement.

DeSanctis is co-author, with Ryan T. Anderson, of the 2022 book Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing.

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AUDIO: Contending for Life in a Post-Roe America, One Year in With Alexandra DeSanctis

June 21, 2023 | Colson Center

We have been living in a post-Roe America for a year now, and it’s become more evident than ever that…

VIDEO: One Year Post-Roe–Where does pro-life movement go from here?

June 7, 2023 | Massachusetts Citizens for Life

In this captivating webinar, Anderson and DeSanctis offer their profound insights, analysis, and perspectives on navigating the pro-life landscape after…

AUDIO: Alexandra DeSanctis with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

November 15, 2022 |

On November 15, 2022, EPPC Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis joined Conservative Conversations with ISI to discuss abortion, the pro-life agenda, and…

VIDEO: Alexandra DeSanctis on Tearing Us Apart

September 8, 2022 | Notre Dame Center for Constitutional Studies

On September 8, 2022, EPPC Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis addressed the Notre Dame Center for Constitutional Government regarding her work Tearing…

AUDIO: Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis on The People’s Podcast with Mike Huckabee

June 27, 2022 | The People's Podcast

On June 27, 2022, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson and Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis appeared on The People’s Podcast with…

AUDIO: Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis on How The Leaked Dobbs Opinion Would Change America

May 4, 2022 | The Federalist Radio Hour

On May 4, 2022, EPPC President Ryan Anderson and EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis joined Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky…

VIDEO: Alexandra DeSanctis on the Future of the American Right

February 10, 2022 | Manhattan Institute

On February 10, 2022, EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis participated in a panel hosted by the Manhattan Institute on the…

Audio: Alexandra DeSanctis on Her New Book, Tearing Us Apart

March 12, 2022 | Conversations with Consequences

On March 12, Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis went on the Conversations with Consequences podcast to for an exclusive interview before…

AUDIO: Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis on How Abortion ‘Harms Everything and Solves Nothing’

February 3, 2022 | The Federalist Radio Hour

On February 3, 2022, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson and EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis joined the Federalist Radio Hour…