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Phone: 202-223-8073
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2776 S. Arlington Mill Dr.
#803
Arlington, VA 22206

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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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Arizona Fetal Pain Law Blocked

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the enforcement of Arizona’s House Bill 2036, which was intended to go into effect today after much contentious debate.  The new law bans abortions after 20 weeks gestation - four weeks earlier than previously permitted in the state – and it ...

Nora Sullivan, M.P.A
August 2, 2012
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Using Tax Policy to Fund Pro-Life Objectives: A Case Study in Mississippi

Along with direct appropriations, states can use tax policy to support pro-life causes. In particular, tax credits provide a novel way of funding Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs).

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April 22, 2022
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Twenty-Week Bans Raise Issue of Disability Discrimination Abortion

This paper examines how laws limiting abortion after twenty weeks can have the effect of prohibiting disability discrimination in the womb.

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
November 24, 2013
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Hyde @ 40: Analyzing the Impact of the Hyde Amendment with July 2020 and June 2023 Addenda

This paper combines a re-print of the original On Point 12, “Hyde @ 40: Analyzing the Impact of the Hyde Amendment,” originally published in September 2016, with two addenda containing updated calculations, the most recent of which is from June 2023.

Michael J. New, Ph.D.
June 27, 2023
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Legislative and Litigation Overview of Five-Month Abortion Laws Enacted Before or After 2010

Since January 2010, twenty-one states have enacted statutes prohibiting abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy, roughly five months or more than halfway through pregnancy. All but one of these laws make at least some explicit reference to fetal pain in either the title, findings, statement of purpose or ...

Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D. Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
August 13, 2019
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Safe Haven Laws: An Invitation to Life

In 1999 Texas became the first U.S. state to pass an infant Safe Haven law. Today, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have enacted variations of the law.

Hannah Howard
December 1, 2021
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Abortion Reporting Laws: Tears in the Fabric

National and state abortion reporting laws and policies in the United States are a patchwork that falls far short of fulfilling the potential of this information to inform and guide public policy.   The composite picture they reveal is at once impressionistic and incomplete, non-contemporaneous a...

Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan Nora Sullivan, M.P.A
December 1, 2012
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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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