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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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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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End of Year Update: Tax Credits for Life Affirming Organizations

Many states and localities have established special tax credits intended to incentivize contributions to pregnancy help organizations. This paper contains a summary of tax credits offered by various states which may be applicable to life-affirming 501(c)(3) organizations.

Jeanneane Maxon, J.D.
December 19, 2024
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A Defense of New Jersey Pregnancy Centers: Responding to Planned Parenthood Misinformation

In 2023, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey released a report riddled with speculative claims, unfounded assertions, and flawed reasoning, intending to smear and discredit pregnancy centers. Pregnancy centers in New Jersey not only serve their communities well but do so in full compliance with New Jersey law, providing millions of dollars in goods and services at no cost to their clients.

Jeanneane Maxon, J.D. Moira Gaul, M.P.H.
December 10, 2024
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The Treatment of Human Embryos Created through IVF: The U.S. and 15 Selected Countries’ Regulations

This paper examines the present status of in vitro fertilization laws, regulations, and guidelines in a sampling of countries. While countries like Italy, Germany, and Poland have regulated IVF in a way that attempts to protect human life in its earliest stages, the United States has virtually no IVF regulations regarding the treatment of human embryos, allowing for the creation, destruction, and indefinite freezing of countless embryonic human beings.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
November 22, 2024
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IVF Industry Regulation in the United States: Changes Are Needed to Protect Embryonic Children and their Families

Federal, state, and professional regulations provide a very limited patchwork of protections for IVF patients, let alone their unborn children created through the procedure. There is a need for improved regulation of the IVF industry, both federally and at the state level.

Mary E. Harned, J.D.
November 13, 2024
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A Fact-Free Campaign Against Parents and Unborn Children in Alabama

Recently, Alabama passed a new law that grants immunity from both civil and criminal liability to IVF clinics for destroying human embryos, without parents’ consent and for any reason. This came in the wake of the Alabama supreme court ruling that parents can file suit when, without their consent and against their interests, a medical facility causes the death one or more of their frozen embryos. In this On Point, Richard Doerflinger clarifies the facts of the case and Alabama law, as well as countering misinformation.

Richard Doerflinger, M.A.
April 22, 2024
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Fact of Life: American Cars (and Their Drivers) Exhibit Decidedly More Pro-life than Pro-choice Views

If you have spent any time on American roads in the past decade, you have likely noticed cars with pro-life license plates sharing the road with you. Pro-life license plates are currently available in the District of Columbia and 34 states. Curiously, there is a notable absence of “pro-choice” license plates on the road.

Jeanneane Maxon, J.D.
March 1, 2024
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Pro-Life Laws Exempt Women from Prosecution: An Analysis of Abortion Statutes in 27 States

A legal analysis of states' current laws, statutes, and opinions demonstrates that women will not be prosecuted in their state for seeking or obtaining abortion.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
January 10, 2024
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Why We Need Federal Limits on Late Abortion to Protect Both Mother and Child

Most on the left vehemently oppose any legislative limits on abortion, and some on the right, even if they identify as pro-life, are of the opinion that a federal limit on late abortions would fail to find consensus and so could not be passed.

Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG
October 2, 2023
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