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In the fourth week, the embryonic heart starts beating. The neural tube, which becomes the brain and spinal cord, forms. At this point, a woman has likely only been aware of her pregnancy for one week.

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In the seventh week after conception, networks of neurons produce brain waves that have been recorded as early as 6 ½ weeks after conception. The embryo spontaneously moves his arms, hands, and legs, and may even hiccup. The embryo’s heart now has all four chambers.

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By the seventeenth and eighteenth week after gestation, the fetus shows a clear response to pain in multiple studies, and at least one brain pathway is mature enough to create a perception of pain. The fetus also practices breathing, crying, and breastfeeding in the womb. The fetal heart has beat over 20 million times and circulates about 55 quarts of blood per day.

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In the eighth month of pregnancy the fetal brain is ready to learn! At 32 weeks after conception, neurons are creating 40,000 new connections, called synapses, every second! With repeated exposures, the fetus can learn flavors, nursery rhymes, songs, and even words that she will recognize after birth!

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Pro-Life Laws Protect Mom and Baby: Pregnant Women’s Lives are Protected in All States

Every state with strong pro-life laws allows doctors to intervene to save a woman’s life in a medical emergency.

Mary E. Harned, J.D. Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG
September 11, 2023
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Saving Babies, One Surgery at a Time

Recently, more news articles are reporting how mothers in the United Kingdom have undergone groundbreaking fetal surgery while pregnant to repair defects in their babies before birth. The common thread in all these stories is that these babies were diagnosed prenatally with spina bifida, a severe co...

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
March 29, 2019
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Stories of Premature Births, Anomalies Involving Fetal Surgery and Perinatal Hospice Sorted by Diagnosis

The following is a compilation of public stories shared by families who have been affected by a prenatal diagnosis of fetal anomaly or very premature birth. This page is sorted by diagnosis.

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June 9, 2021
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Fetal EEGs: Signals from the Dawn of Life

Neuroscientist Dr. Katrina Furth examines evidence of fetal brain activity 45 days after conception.

Katrina Furth, Ph.D.
November 27, 2018
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Advancements in Fetal Surgery for Treating Spina Bifida

This last month, the Cleveland Clinic issued a press release announcing its first successful in utero fetal surgery for spina bifida, a congenital condition that occurs in about 1,645 babies born each year in the United States.

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August 20, 2019
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Fetal Surgery: Hope for Families and the Patient in Utero

Genevieve Plaster, M.A.
January 15, 2015
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Overview of U.S. Pro-Life Bills and Provisions Advanced and Laws Enacted from January to May 2021: Pro-Life Banner Year as States Continue to Reject the Radical Abortion Agenda

With the Biden administration reversing numerous life-affirming policies, it is clear there is an aggressive abortion agenda in Washington D.C. It is also clear the pro-abortion sentiment in the nation’s capital is not aligned with the views of Americans at the state level.

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June 8, 2021
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2021 Abortion Trends and Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

As of June 14, 2023, there were 31 states that had released abortion statistics for both 2020 and 2021. Twenty-two states reported an increase in abortions from 2020, while nine states reported that abortions declined.

Mia Steupert, M.A. Tessa Cox
July 26, 2023
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