Michael New

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Michael New (born November 10, 1975) is an American political scientist, a visiting associate professor at the Catholic University of America, and an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute. [1] [2]

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New's research has focused on legislation that restricts abortion. Anti-abortion groups have cited New's research [3] to argue for the effectiveness of various types of state level laws restricting abortion rights, including informed consent laws, parental involvement laws, and public funding restrictions. [4] New's research has also been used to validate Presidential platforms for and against abortion restrictions. [5] Anti-abortion groups have used his research to encourage Rudy Giuliani to support abortion restrictions, and to challenge claims by Howard Dean. [6] [7]

New's secondary research is on tax-limitation amendments, such as Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights. New's studies on tax limitation amendments have been used by both supporters of California's Proposition 13 and supporters of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights fiscal limit in Colorado. [8]

New is an adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute, [9] and is a fellow at the Witherspoon Institute. He has also worked for the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life and is a research associate at Reproductive Research Audit. [10] His research has also been published by The Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council.

New is also a regular commentator at National Review Online. [11] New received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and his doctorate in political science from Stanford.

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael New". Faculty Profiles. The Catholic University of America. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Michael J. New, Ph.D." About Us. Lozier Institute. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "AUL's 2020 State Legislative Sessions Report". Americans United for Life. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022. According to Dr. Michael New, professor of social research and political science at the Catholic University of America and associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, there is a direct correlation between increasing the number of state pro-life laws and reducing the number of abortions.
  4. ↑ Page, Cristina "Pro-life Pretense", RH Reality Check, October 21, 2009, accessed January 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ Halloran, Liz "New Abortion Study Fuels Criticism of Obama and Praise of Palin", US News, September 19, 2008, accessed December 22, 2010.
  6. ↑ Miller, David "Giuliani Tiptoes Around Abortion", CBS News, August 13, 2007, accessed December 22, 2010.
  7. ↑ McCormack, John "Howard Dean's Abortion Contortions", Weekly Standard, June 12, 2008, accessed December 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ New, Michael "The Return of TABOR", The Washington Times, July 14, 2010, accessed December 22, 2010.
  9. ↑ New, Michael "Bailing Out the States", CATO Institute, January 14, 2009, accessed December 22, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Contributors | Reproductive Research Audit". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  11. ↑ "Michael J. New". National Review. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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