
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.
Why We’re Still Marching for Life
Alexandra DeSanctis

In a post-Roe America, the fight to end abortion is as fierce as ever.
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National Review / January 20, 2023
Fathers Can Help Prevent Abortion
Sophie Pfaff

Society should recognize that both parents have duties to their unborn children
Articles
National Review / January 19, 2023
The Joy of Life in a Post-Roe World
Ryan T. Anderson

The Church’s no to abortion is because of a fundamental yes to life.
Articles
Word On Fire / January 19, 2023
The story of the March for Life
Alexandra DeSanctis

The pro-life movement refuses to give up on the dream of a country in which every human being, born and unborn, is welcomed, valued and cherished.
Articles
Our Sunday Visitor / January 16, 2023
The Revolt against the Sexual Revolution
Alexandra DeSanctis

Neither Christine Emba nor Louise Perry go far enough in recognizing exactly how deep the rot of this ideology goes.
Articles
Public Discourse / January 10, 2023
When Human Life Begins
Alexandra DeSanctis

A decisive rebuke of the silliest argument for abortion.
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National Review / December 15, 2022
The Midterms Showed How the Pro-Life Movement Can Win
Alexandra DeSanctis

Life can be a winning issue, no matter what abortion activists and the media argue.
Articles
National Review / November 22, 2022
Don’t Blame Dobbs
Alexandra DeSanctis

The problem isn’t abortion; it’s the quality of candidates and their messaging.
Articles
National Review / November 16, 2022
Abortion Won’t Save Democrats on Tuesday
Alexandra DeSanctis

Americans don’t support abortion on demand.
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National Review / November 4, 2022
Abortion Doesn’t Solve Inflation
Alexandra DeSanctis

Stacey Abrams suggests that killing people will fix our economic woes.
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National Review / October 17, 2022