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.
Poll Finds Most Americans Believe Unborn Children Have Rights
Alexandra DeSanctis
Americans United for Life (AUL) has partnered with YouGov to survey 1,000 Americans on their opinions about abortion, fetal personhood,…
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National Review / June 21, 2022
We Must Acknowledge That Abortion Harms Women
Ryan T. Anderson
It is easier to defend abortion if you pretend that women who choose abortion are always happy with their decision.
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National Review / June 21, 2022
Abortion Supporters, End the Violence
Alexandra DeSanctis
Stop compounding the violence of abortion itself with attacks and threats.
Articles
National Review Online / June 9, 2022
The Vandalism Goes On
Alexandra DeSanctis
Last week, someone graffitied a pregnancy-resource center outside Seattle and smashed in several of its windows for good measure. Security…
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National Review / June 7, 2022
Pro-Life Susan B. Anthony List Rebrands and Begins Expansion
Alexandra DeSanctis
The major pro-life organization is looking to a pro-life future after Roe v. Wade.
Articles
National Review / June 2, 2022
Understanding the Human Cry behind the Pro-Abortion Cause
Alexandra DeSanctis
We all struggle with the desire to control our own destiny.
Articles
National Review / May 31, 2022
Pro-Life, Post-Roe
Alexandra DeSanctis
In addition to protecting unborn children under law, the pro-life movement must redouble its efforts to help expectant mothers in need, particularly as states move to regulate abortion.
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National Review / May 12, 2022
Vandalism at a Northern Virginia Pro-Life Resource Center
Alexandra DeSanctis
Over the weekend, vandals defaced a pro-life pregnancy-resource center in Manassas, Va., writing three graffiti messages on the side of the building: “Abortion is a right,” “Fake clinic,” and “Liars.”
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National Review Online / May 10, 2022
The ‘Forced Birth’ Falsehood
Alexandra DeSanctis
The argument that pro-life laws “force women to give birth” betrays the mistaken premise undergirding the pro-abortion case.
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National Review Online / May 5, 2022
What Americans Really Think about Abortion
Alexandra DeSanctis
Public opinion on abortion cannot be captured by simply asking people if they want Roe overturned.
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National Review Online / May 3, 2022
