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Science & Statistics for Life
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Keep up with the latest on our life-related research, public policy, and media.
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Only a Minority of Abortions Are for Unwanted Pregnancies, New Study
A major abortion advocacy group has recently found that only 42% of aborting women described their pregnancies as unwanted. Unexpectedly, 38% described their pregnancies as wanted or wanted but mistimed. The remaining 19% were unsure how to describe the wantedness of their pregnancies, indicating ambivalence or at least some attachment to their pregnancies. Previous research has indicated that about 20% of abortions are of wanted pregnancies.
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FDA Decision to Relax Chemical Abortion Rule Ignores the Science, Neglects Women, Places Them in Danger
"Our review of all the Adverse Events from mifepristone as an abortion drug revealed serious concerns about hemorrhage, infections, and fetal tissue left inside. There were over 500 life-threatening complications, which would have been deaths if the women had not had timely access to the Emergency Room. These women without access to an ER are exactly the women being targeted with abortions by mail, and those who are most at risk of death by patient abandonment. We know from other studies that reports from the FDA only represent a small fraction of the actual adverse events happening to women across the country."
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D.C. Statehood and Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
Medicaid covers abortions only in rare cases. Since 1976, federal funding for Medicaid has been passed by Congress with an annual rider known as the Hyde Amendment, which limits federal dollars from funding abortion except in instances of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother. Some states have chosen to use their own state funds to pay for the abortions of women enrolled in Medicaid, but under the Hyde Amendment, this funding must be maintained separately from the federal Medicaid program.
Keep Reading
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What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines
Most COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Use Fetal Cells for Production; Several Used Abortion-Derived Cell Lines in Testing; Experts Urge All Vaccine Developers to Use Noncontroversial Alternatives
State Abortion Reporting
Do you know if abortion is declining or rising in your state? What about chemical abortion? How big of a threat is Planned Parenthood in your state? Does your state even report abortion data?
Visit our new state abortion reporting map to find out.
Our Leaders & Scholars
With a current network of more than three dozen Associate Scholars from a variety of disciplines, CLI provides pro-life groups and policy makers research-based information of the highest quality.
Lisa Gilbert, MD, FAAFP
Associate Scholar
Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan
President
Stephen Billy
Executive Director
Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
Senior Fellow in Legal Policy
David Prentice, Ph.D.
Vice President and Research Director
Eugene C. Tarne
Senior Analyst
Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D., S.T.D.
Associate Scholar
Kathi Aultman, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Mai W. Bean
Associate Scholar
Steven Braatz, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Kristi Burton Brown, J.D.
Associate Scholar
James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA
Vice President and Director of Data Analytics
Dr. Byron C. Calhoun, M.D., FACOG, FACS, FASAM, MBA
Associate Scholar
Steve Calvin, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Kathryn Nix Carnahan, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Samuel B. Casey, J.D.
Associate Scholar
Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Director of Life Sciences
Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Maureen Condic, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Scott E. Daniels, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Pia de Solenni, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Richard Doerflinger, M.A.
Associate Scholar
G. Kevin Donovan, M.D., M.A.
Associate Scholar
Jeffrey M. Staab, J.C.D.
Director of the Lozier Library for Life, Science and Law
Teresa A. Donovan, M.P.H.
Associate Scholar
Marguerite Duane, M.D., M.H.A., FAAFP
Associate Scholar
Maria Feeney, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Reginald Finger, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Scholar
Genevieve Plaster, M.A.
Deputy Director, Policy and Administration
Fr. Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D., Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Catherine Glenn Foster, J.D., M.A.
Senior Fellow in Legal Policy
Christina M. Francis, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Katrina Furth, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Moira Gaul, M.P.H.
Associate Scholar
Tessa Longbons
Research Associate
Mary E. Harned, J.D.
Associate Scholar
Donna Harrison, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Margaret H. (Peggy) Hartshorn, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Anna Higgins, J.D.
Associate Scholar
Hannah Howard
Research Associate
Kelly Hollowell, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Scholar
Elizabeth Ann M. Johnson, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Elizabeth Kirk, J.D.
Associate Scholar
J. Wells Logan, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP
Associate Scholar
Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
Associate Scholar
Jeanneane Maxon, J.D.
Associate Scholar
Martin McCaffrey, MD, CAPT USN (Ret)
Associate Scholar
Marie Willke Meyers, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Michael J. New, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Sheila Page, D.O.
Associate Scholar
Jeffrey J. Pauls, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Jean Peduzzi-Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Scholar
Robin Pierucci, M.D., M.A.
Associate Scholar
Katey Price, J.D.
Associate Scholar
Sharon Quick, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Katherine Rafferty, Ph.D., M.A.
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Monique Robles, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Elise Rose, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Scholar
Bobby Schindler, M.S.
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Kathleen Schmainda, Ph.D., M.A., MSEEE, BSE
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James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D.
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Ingrid Skop, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Associate Scholar
Keiren D. Smith, M.D.
Associate Scholar
Nora Sullivan, M.P.A
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Paul Wagle, M.A.
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Susan Wills, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Scholar
Gracie Yu, M.H.S.
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