Michael New (born November 10, 1975) is an American political scientist, a visiting associate professor at the

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, and an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute. New's research has focused on legislation that restricts abortion.

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groups have cited New's research to argue for the effectiveness of various types of state level laws restricting abortion rights, including

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laws, parental involvement laws, and public funding restrictions. New's research has also been used to validate Presidential platforms for and against abortion restrictions. Anti-abortion groups have used his research to encourage

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to support abortion restrictions, and to challenge claims by Howard Dean. 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. New is an adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute, 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. His research has also been published by The Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council. New is also a regular commentator at

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. New received his undergraduate degree from

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and his doctorate in political science from

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Awards

* 2008 Witherspoon Fellowship

References

External links

"Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors", ''Heritage Foundation'', February 5, 2007Author: Michael New, ''National Review Online''
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