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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!

Fact of Life: American Cars (and Their Drivers) Exhibit Decidedly More Pro-life than Pro-choice Views
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Fact of Life: American Cars (and Their Drivers) Exhibit Decidedly More Pro-life than Pro-choice Views

Pro-life license plates are currently available in the District of Columbia and 32 states, while only four states offer a…

Jeanneane Maxon,…
June 2, 2026
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Public Comment: Lozier Institute on NIH’s Request for Information on Reducing Reliance on Human Embryonic Stem Cells in NIH-Supported Research
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Public Comment: Lozier Institute on NIH’s Request for Information on Reducing Reliance on Human Embryonic Stem Cells in NIH-Supported Research

On April 24, 2026, CLI submitted a public comment in response to the NIH's request for information on reducing reliance…

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April 29, 2026
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Are Pro-Life Laws Harming Iowa Women? An Examination of Claims Against Iowa
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Are Pro-Life Laws Harming Iowa Women? An Examination of Claims Against Iowa

Iowa’s abortion law allows for timely and necessary care for pregnant women in a medical emergency, and permits physicians to…

Ingrid Skop,…
March 26, 2026
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Pro-Life and Safety Net Health Services Initiatives under the Children’s Health Insurance Program
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Pro-Life and Safety Net Health Services Initiatives under the Children’s Health Insurance Program

States are permitted to use a portion of their Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) administrative funding to implement Health Services…

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January 26, 2026
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Pro-Life Laws Protect Mom and Baby: Pregnant Women’s Lives are Protected in All States
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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.… Ingrid Skop,…
December 9, 2025
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Abortion Cases in the Higher Federal Courts
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Abortion Cases in the Higher Federal Courts

Abortion advocates contend that the United States Supreme Court is on the precipice of reversing Roe v. Wade—the conservative justices are simply waiting for the arrival of another like-minded colleague, and they may find that person in Judge Amy Coney Barrett. An honest review of recent decisions by the Court, however, simply fails to support this belief. Instead of building a case for Roe’s demise, the Court has managed to make abortion jurisprudence even murkier for legislators and lower courts trying to determine the constitutionality of abortion laws, while otherwise refusing to make substantive decisions in abortion cases.

Mary E. Harned,…
October 12, 2020
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Federal Bioethics Commissions and Bias Against the Unborn
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Federal Bioethics Commissions and Bias Against the Unborn

In August, the Trump administration’s new Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board reviewed requests made to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for federally funded fetal tissue research. The Board recommended denying most of these requests.

Richard Doerflinger, M.A.
October 5, 2020
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Medical and Social Risks Associated with Unmitigated Distribution of Mifepristone: A Primer

Chemical abortions, or “medication” abortions, have become a more prevalent method of abortion in recent years in the United States. In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of mifepristone, in conjunction with the drug misoprostol, as an abortion-inducing, two-drug process. By 2018, the Charlotte Lozier Institute estimates that 41% of U.S. abortions were chemically induced.

Hannah Howard
October 1, 2020
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New Abortion Trends in the United States: A First Look

Today Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), the research arm of the national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), published a new report on emerging abortion trends in the United States. Ahead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Guttmacher Institute, CLI has the first analysis of trends revealed by the latest available state abortion reports from calendar year 2018

Tessa Cox
September 22, 2020
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New Abortion Trends in the United States: A First Look
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New Abortion Trends in the United States: A First Look

To allow for a preliminary view of the current state of abortion in the U.S., the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) reviewed all available state reports for 2017 and 2018. As of July 2020, 38 states had released 2018 abortion statistics. CLI’s preliminary review of 2017 state abortion reporting, published in May 2019, suggested that the long-term decline in abortions in the United States may be slowing. This preliminary review of 2018 state data indicates that the decline may have been interrupted.

Tessa Cox
September 22, 2020
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A Policy and Funding Evaluation Of Human Fetal Tissue Research
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A Policy and Funding Evaluation Of Human Fetal Tissue Research

Here we evaluate the actions and policy changes made by the Trump administration that have been taken since his term in office and analyze the current standing of federal funds used to support fetal tissue research.  First, we give a brief overview of how federal tax dollars are used to fund medical research in the U.S.

Tara Sander Lee,… James L. Sherley,…
September 11, 2020
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FDA’s Race to Defend Women From Dangerous Drugs
Life & the Law

FDA’s Race to Defend Women From Dangerous Drugs

Abortion advocates—seeking to exploit the COVID-19 crisis to advance unfettered access to abortion-inducing drugs—found a friend in federal court.  In mid-July, Judge Theodore D. Chuang issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing certain health and safety practices that abortion providers are required to follow when prescribing the only FDA-approved abortion drug regimen.

Mary E. Harned,…
August 19, 2020
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The “No-Test Medication Abortion” Protocol: Experimenting with Women’s Health
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The “No-Test Medication Abortion” Protocol: Experimenting with Women’s Health

A trend of mounting concern is occurring in abortion provision.  When elective induced abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, one oft-cited motivation was to improve abortion’s safety, as it was frequently claimed that many women were injured and sometimes died from illegal abortions. Recently, abortion advocates have changed their strategy. Whereas once they claimed they wanted abortion to be “safe, legal and rare,” now they favor immediate access and convenience to abortion for all women experiencing unintended pregnancies, regardless of whether it might be more dangerous for a woman, or whether the law prohibits it. Thus, they have begun encouraging women to seek more dangerous, “self-managed” abortions.

Ingrid Skop, M.D.,…
July 30, 2020
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