Michael J. New

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  Sep 26, 2020

  No, Democratic presidents do not cause large declines in the abortion rate

  The internet memes purportedly showing large abortion declines during Democratic presidencies are misleading for three reasons.

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  Feb 8, 2020

  An impressive decade for the pro-life movement

  During the 2010s, pro-lifers were able to expose some of the more nefarious actions at Planned Parenthood clinics and enacted some policies partially defunding the abortion group.

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  Nov 5, 2019

  Setting the record straight: Missouri officials were not tracking abortion patients’ cycles

  An administrative hearing took place in St. Louis to determine the fate of the last abortion clinic in Missouri.

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  Oct 30, 2019

  New York Times misleads on Delaware's abortion-rate decline

  A New York Times columnist credited a government-funded contraception program for this decrease. But he ignores three other key factors that also have played a significant role.

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  Oct 28, 2019

  Media mislead on study about self-induced abortion

  The American Journal of Public Health has published a study that purports to show increased interest among U.S. women in self-induced abortion. Unsurprisingly, much media coverage of this study has been misleading.

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  Oct 16, 2019

  We need stronger abortion reporting requirements

  Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Joni Ernst of Iowa recently introduced legislation that would strengthen abortion reporting requirements in the United States.

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  Sep 30, 2019

  The real story behind US abortion decline

  The mainstream media, with very few exceptions, uncritically reported Guttmacher’s analysis of the declining abortion numbers. Unsurprisingly, Guttmacher argued that the recent abortion decline had little to do with pro-life laws or reductions in sexual activity

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  Sep 21, 2019

  Guttmacher report shows pro-life progress continues as US abortion rates decline

  Guttmacher takes considerable pains to argue that other pro-life policies have had little do to with the overall decline in abortions.

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  Sep 12, 2019

  Tulsi Gabbard is the first Democratic presidential candidate to support abortion limit

  Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard expressed opposition to some late-term abortions. This makes her the first Democratic presidential candidate to support any kind of legal limit on abortion.

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  Aug 31, 2019

  O’Rourke is wrong; pro-life policies don't cause high maternal-mortality rates

  O’Rourke said that, because of abortion-clinic regulations in Texas, one-fourth of family planning facilities have shut down and claimed that these policies have made the state “one of the epicenters of this maternal mortality crisis.”