Alexandra DeSanctis
Fellow
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.
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.
Learning from Early Feminists about the Abortion Debate
Alexandra DeSanctis
Consent to sex, in other words, is no longer viewed as consent to the possibility of pregnancy and parenthood.
Articles
National Review / January 25, 2024
The true and mighty handmaid’s tale
Alexandra DeSanctis
Our Lady’s “yes” in response to the angel’s message was the loftiest choice ever made by exercising true human freedom.
Articles
Our Sunday Visitor / December 29, 2023
Abortion Doesn’t Control the Future
Alexandra DeSanctis
In her new memoir, Britney Spears shares her experience of abortion—and there are plenty of lessons in her sad, all too familiar story.
Countercultured / October 18, 2023
The GOP Debate Exposed Democrats’ Extremism on Abortion
Alexandra DeSanctis
There’s no question that Democrats support unrestricted abortion until birth.
National Review Online / August 24, 2023
Old School
Alexandra DeSanctis
Why classical education is making a comeback.
National Review / August 10, 2023
Feminists and Contraception
Alexandra DeSanctis
Many are aware that the Pill can cause unpleasant side effects during its use.
Human Life Review / August 1, 2023
The Key to Reading Well
Alexandra DeSanctis
Few Americans, it seems, give much thought to the subject of how to choose good books.
Articles
National Review / July 13, 2023
Early Primary States Side with DeSantis on Pro-Life Laws
Alexandra DeSanctis
Republicans in Iowa and South Carolina back the heartbeat bills Donald Trump has criticized.
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National Review / May 23, 2023
Reactionary Feminism Isn’t Radical Enough
Alexandra DeSanctis
A coherent account of creation, givenness, human nature, and personalism is directly responsive to each flaw and harm generated by the Sexual Revolution ideology. The notion of being a human person means something substantive about who I am, how I should act, how I deserve to be treated, and how I must treat others.
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The Public Discourse / May 1, 2023
The Case for Reactionary Feminism
Alexandra DeSanctis
Lambasting the sexual revolution is no longer the exclusive territory of social conservatives.
Articles
National Review / April 13, 2023