The New York Times Magazine has published a fawning article about an ongoing research project, sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco, about women who sought abortions but were unable to obtain them because of the gestational age…
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Quinnipiac poll greatly overstates support for Cuomo’s abortion expansion bill
by Michael New Fri Jun 07 15:55 EST Comments (0)
Various media outlets, including the Albany Times Union, have favorably reported on a recent Quinnipiac University poll. This survey purportedly finds that two thirds of New York residents support the abortion-expansion provisions included in…
Continue Reading »If Roe were overturned ...
by Michael New Wed Jun 05 10:10 EST Comments (0)
On the Boston Globe’s Brainiac blog, Kevin Hartnett highlights an academic study that offers insights as to what would happen to the abortion rate if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
This study makes use of a unique dataset of…
New Gallup survey: mixed news for social conservatives
by Michael New Thu May 30 09:48 EST Comments (0)
This week Gallup released their annual survey that asks Americans to rate the morality of various social issues. Overall, the news was not particularly good for social conservatives. On a variety of issues relating to sex and marriage, Americans…
Continue Reading »NEWSFLASH: Shocking NARAL report discovers that pro-life group supports….pro-life candidates!
by Michael New Tue May 21 16:10 EST Comments (0)
Today NARAL released a groundbreaking report on the activities of the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List. The report contains shocking allegations and makes for fascinating reading – NARAL’s crack staff of researchers apparently worked…
Continue Reading »Gallup poll shows long-term gains in pro-life sentiment
by Michael New Tue May 14 18:08 EST Comments (1)
Last week, Gallup released the results of a recent survey on abortion attitudes. The pro-life position made a small gain since the most recent Gallup abortion survey conducted in December 2012. However, the gain was close to the margin of error.…
Continue Reading »Will increased access to Plan B reduce unintended pregnancies? The numbers aren’t promising
by Michael New Tue May 07 09:52 EST Comments (0)
This weekend on NRO, both Jillian Kay Melchior and Robert VerBruggen have offered commentary about the FDA’s recent decision to allow females age 15 and up to purchase emergency contraception without a prescription. Melchoir argues that will…
Continue Reading »Tags: abortion, contraception, plan b
The media’s disparate treatment of abortion-related stories: Savita vs. Gosnell
by Michael New Mon Apr 22 17:43 EST Comments (2)

During the past couple of weeks there has been a concerted effort by pro-lifers to get the mainstream media to cover the ongoing trial of notorious late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Mollie Z. Hemingway at GetReligion has been especially…
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Same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion
by Michael New Tue Apr 02 17:04 EST Comments (3)
Jonah, Jason, and Nicholas have all had insightful comments on NRO about the link between same-sex marriage and abortion. In modern politics, the two have certainly been linked. This is because attitudes toward the morality of premarital sex are…
Continue Reading »Little change in abortion attitudes
by Michael New Mon Mar 04 11:32 EST Comments (6)
Much of the mainstream media coverage of Roe v. Wade’s recent forty-year anniversary indicated that grassroots abortion rights activists are pessimistic about the future. However, in the days before the March for Life many pro-choice commentators…
Continue Reading »Should Pro-Lifers Be Held Accountable for Single-Parent Families?
by Michael New Tue Feb 19 14:34 EST Comments (9)
Last month, Naomi Chan and June Carbone authors of Blue Families v. Red Families had an article in Slate criticizing pro-lifers for an increase in single-parent families. They argue that the religious culture in many southern and midwestern states…
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What’s the best predictor of someone’s abortion views? Their opinion of premarital sex
by Michael New Wed Feb 13 15:33 EST Comments (23)
This Monday, on the Washington Monthly’s political blog, former Democratic Leadership Council policy director Ed Kilgore had a disappointing analysis of theology and the politics of abortion. Kilgore wonders why rank-and-file Evangelical…
Continue Reading »Issue salience and the pro-life electoral advantage
by Michael New Mon Feb 11 18:41 EST Comments (2)
On Thursday, Will Saletan had an interesting article in Slate, in which he wonders why pro-lifers are able to exert some influence over abortion policy when, according to Saletan, most Americans favor keeping abortion legal. He suggests that this…
Continue Reading »A pro-life op-ed in the New York Times
by Michael New Thu Feb 07 13:11 EST Comments (1)
Last month, something remarkable happened. The New York Times published a pro-life op-ed by Chuck Donovan, my colleague at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Its subject was a new study he co-authored with Nora Sullivan about federal and state…
Continue Reading »Responding to the hypothetical NARAL commercial
by Michael New Tue Feb 05 18:48 EST Comments (2)
Yesterday, Avik Roy responded to the critiques made by myself and Ashley McGuire about his essay about the future of pro-life politics in America. While responding to me, Roy asks how a no-exceptions, pro-life presidential candidate would respond…
Continue Reading »About Michael New
Michael J. New is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, a fellow at the Witherspoon Institute, and an adjunct scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute in Washington, D.C.
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