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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An Easter People, Now More Than Ever

Alexandra DeSanctis

Our current crisis has revealed the significance of Lent and reminded us of how desperately we need Easter.

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National Review Online / April 12, 2020

Why We Miss Baseball

Alexandra DeSanctis

At a time like this, we need the game that makes time stand still.

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National Review Online / April 6, 2020

Reclaiming the ‘F Word’

Alexandra DeSanctis

A new book traces the history of American feminism and how it became entangled with the abortion-rights movement.

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National Review Online / March 28, 2020

Farewell to the Pro-Life Democrats

Alexandra DeSanctis

Congressman Dan Lipinski has been ousted by a progressive challenger who attacked him for failing to support abortion rights.

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National Review Online / March 19, 2020

The Pro-Life Movement You’ve Never Heard Of

Alexandra DeSanctis

For decades, groups and individuals with vastly different cultural backgrounds, religious views, and political goals have set aside their conflicting preferences on other issues to campaign against abortion.

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It’s Still Not Because She’s a Woman

Alexandra DeSanctis

Elizabeth Warren’s campaign failed not because of misogyny but because she’s a dishonest, incompetent politician.

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National Review Online / March 9, 2020

Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Demonstrators Meet Outside the Supreme Court

Alexandra DeSanctis

The Court heard oral arguments this week in the abortion case June Medical Services v. Russo.

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National Review Online / March 4, 2020

How Democrats Get Away with Justifying Infanticide

Alexandra DeSanctis

Media inaccuracy and bias provide cover for lawmakers to oppose commonsense pro-life legislation.

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National Review Online / February 27, 2020

Notre Dame Plays Host to Transgender Ideology

Alexandra DeSanctis

A Catholic university should know better than to promote harmful pseudoscience dressed up as compassionate care.

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National Review Online / February 20, 2020

Would the Equal Rights Amendment Enshrine Abortion Rights in the Constitution?

Alexandra DeSanctis

Nancy Pelosi claims the renewed effort to pass the amendment has nothing to do with abortion. Her allies say otherwise.

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National Review Online / February 17, 2020

Welcoming Pro-Life Democrats Is Not Enough

Alexandra DeSanctis

The Democratic Party is quibbling over rhetoric and ignoring the real debate.

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National Review Online / February 15, 2020

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Is Back

Alexandra DeSanctis

Congressional Republicans hope to pass legislation protecting infants who survive abortion procedures.

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National Review Online / February 10, 2020