
Rebecca Gonzales
Former CLI Research AssociateRebecca Gonzales is the Constituent Relations Director of the Philos Project, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting positive Christian engagement in the Middle East. She studied Justice and Law with a minor in Communication at American University, graduating in December 2016. Rebecca is an alumna of the Philos Leadership Institute and was active in political advocacy throughout college. An advocate for the empowerment of women, Rebecca founded American University’s chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women.
Her dedication and conviction to serve the voiceless inspired her research at the Charlotte Lozier Institute and motivates her current work with Philos. During her internship with the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Rebecca researched abortion reporting standards across the country. Her work has been published on National Right to Life, LifeNews, and CLI’s website. She resides in New York City.
Research Authored
Minnesota Reports Show Smaller Abortion Centers Shrinking as Planned Parenthood Consolidates into Mega-Clinics
The Minnesota Department of Health publishes an extensive and organized annual abortion report that presents important public health information, including demographic statistics, while protecting the anonymity of women. Additionally, Minnesota reports the volume of abortions performed at each clinic in the state.
Former Abortionist Describes Abortion Procedures in New Website
Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino has partnered with Live Action to create a series of informational videos with detailed illustrations of dilation and evacuation, aspiration, and medication abortions. The videos are featured on a new website, just released at www.abortionprocedures.com. Dr. Levatino
No One Seems to Know How Many Abortion Clinics Collect Fetal Tissue
An editorial in Nature, one of the world’s leading scientific journals, recently covered the political debate surrounding fetal tissue harvesting and the editors’ perceived threat to this form of research with the defunding of abortion giant, Planned Parenthood. The article, “Fetal tissue
Federal Report Shows New Drop in Abortions
During the Thanksgiving holiday week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control published its annual abortion surveillance report, revealing a historic decline in the incidence of abortion across the nation since 1973. Lagging three years behind, this year’s report covers the national abortion
Nebraska’s Annual Abortion Report: A Unique Set of Abortion Statistics
According to Americans United for Life, Nebraska is ranked in the top 10 best states for life. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Nebraska publishes a timely and extensive annual abortion report revealing a 4.3 percent decrease in abortions from 2013
Idaho Annual Abortion Report Deserves Wider Access and Attention
Editor’s Note: In 2012 CLI published a lengthy paper summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of federal and state abortion reporting policies and practices. Beginning with this overview of the state of Idaho’s latest published report, CLI is reexamining these policies and practices,
U.S. Abortion Reporting: An Issue We Can Agree On
Abortion is one of the most highly debated political topics, and is almost always in the national spotlight. There were an estimated 1.1 million abortions in the United States in 2011. If historical trends continue, it is estimated that by age 45,