Michael J. New

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  Dec 11, 2018

  Mainstream media continues to miss story on America’s abortion decline

  Two media stories largely credit increases in contraception use for the reduction in the U.S. abortion rate. However, this is, at best, an incomplete explanation. Neither cites that a higher percentage of unintended pregnancies are being carried to term.

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  Nov 27, 2018

  US abortion rate continues to decline, according to CDC data

  The new data indicate that the U.S. abortion rate decline, which began in 1980, continues at a steady pace.

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  Nov 16, 2018

  We have some idea what Americans think about abortion

  Buzzfeed published an interesting article recently by Ema O'Connor, entitled "No One Really Knows What Americans Think About Abortion." O'Connor provides a detailed analysis of the recent polling on life issues.

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  Nov 8, 2018

  A Wild and Wonderful Pro-Life Win in West Virginia

  Amendment 1 was approved by voters in the Mountain State — receiving over 51 percent of the vote. Amendment 1 will add language in the West Virginia state constitution stating that "nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion."

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  Oct 6, 2018

  Planned Parenthood Is Grooming Our Kids to Be Sexually Active

  Annette Lancaster discussed how staff at her Planned Parenthood often rushed through procedures, did not give clients time to read forms, and candidly stated that the materials were not cleaned the way they should be.

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  Oct 5, 2018

  Guttmacher Reports Conflicting Findings on Trends in Teen Sexual Activity

  Over the past month, the Guttmacher Institute released two studies on recent trends in teen sexual activity, and they appear to contradict one another.

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  Sep 17, 2018

  Here's a Useful Survey on Americans' Abortion Views

  Public support for Roe v. Wade is a very poor metric for measuring support for legal abortion. Many Americans do not know that Roe made it remarkably difficult for states to place limits on late-term abortions, and many are unaware that reversing Roe would return abortion policy to the states.

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  Sep 14, 2018

  Sorry, Chelsea Clinton, Research Does Not Show Abortion Is Economically Beneficial to Women

  Chelsea Clinton generated a firestorm of controversy with comments at a "Rise up for Roe" rally in Manhattan about the economic impact of the Roe v. Wade decision.

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  Sep 7, 2018

  New Poll: Millennial Women Are Skeptical of Feminism and Abortion

  Contrary to the views of many pundits, the attitudes of Millennial women toward abortion are broadly consistent with those of society at large.

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  Aug 24, 2018

  Obama-Era Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Remains Ineffective

  The coverage of the TPPP is a classic example of media bias. Countless media outlets have been quick to criticize the Trump administration's support for sex-education programs that emphasize abstinence, but the mainstream media have shown almost no interest in analytically rigorous research raising doubts about the effectiveness of Obama-era contraception programs.