Michael J. New

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  • Facebook Shouldn't Censor Pro-Life News Outlets

    Facebook Shouldn't Censor Pro-Life News Outlets

    Facebook and other social media sites should take a clear stance in favor of free speech and resist the urge to censor articles and editorials because of their ideological content.

  • Will Trump Policies Increase Abortion?

    Will Trump Policies Increase Abortion?

    Last month, two analysts from the think tank Third Way published an opinion piece in U.S. News and World Report claiming that new Trump-administration policies would cause a surge in the abortion rate.

  • Trump Has Science on His Side in Birth Control Debate

    Trump Has Science on His Side in Birth Control Debate

    The Trump administration's decision to respect the conscience rights of employers who do not wish to include contraceptives or abortion-inducing drugs in their insurance plans has generated a firestorm of controversy. The principle of religious freedom has been criticized, and the research behind this decision has been sharply, albeit unpersuasively, attacked.

  • Rauner Becomes First Governor to Begin Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

    Rauner Becomes First Governor to Begin Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

    There is a considerable amount of debate about various aspects of abortion policy. However, there is a very broad consensus that funding abortion through Medicaid results in more abortions.

  • 3,800 Innocent Lives Depend on Gov. Rauner Amid Abortion Debate

    3,800 Innocent Lives Depend on Gov. Rauner Amid Abortion Debate

    The eyes of Illinois and the entire country are on Governor Bruce Rauner this week. Earlier this year, the Illinois legislature passed the controversial HB 40, insuring that abortion remains legal in Illinois if Roe v. Wade is overturned. More importantly, HB 40 would also require taxpayer funding of abortion

  • 'Telemed' Abortions Pose Health Risks

    'Telemed' Abortions Pose Health Risks

    The number of abortion facilities in the United States has been declining, and many midwestern and southern states have few abortion clinics left. In response, supporters of legal abortion have advanced some medically risky proposals to expand abortion access.

  • Big Abortion Needs Big Government: The Case for Defunding Planned Parenthood

    Big Abortion Needs Big Government: The Case for Defunding Planned Parenthood

    There is broad body of research which shows that cutting of funding for abortion reduces abortion rates.

  • New York Times Article Misses the Story on Teen-Pregnancy Decline

    New York Times Article Misses the Story on Teen-Pregnancy Decline

    Aaron Carroll eagerly criticizes abstinence-based programs without evaluating the effects of other types of teen-pregnancy-prevention curricula. He claims that the Obama-era programs were responsible for the recent decline in the teen-pregnancy rate, but those rates in the U.S. have been falling since the early 1990s

  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Largely Ineffective

    Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Largely Ineffective

    The mainstream media have lobbed a considerable amount of criticism at the Trump administration for cutting funding to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

  • Planned Parenthood Poll Misleads on Taxpayer Funding for Abortion

    Planned Parenthood Poll Misleads on Taxpayer Funding for Abortion

    This summer, a coalition of center-right groups launched a signature drive to try to make it possible to stop taxpayer funding of abortion in Massachusetts.