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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!

Drug-induced Abortion After the First Trimester
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Drug-induced Abortion After the First Trimester

The claim that later drug-induced abortions are “safe and effective” is false, with studies documenting higher rates of complications following…

Ingrid Skop,…
April 14, 2026
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Abortion Law in America Today: Confronting Infringements on Pro-life Laws
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Abortion Law in America Today: Confronting Infringements on Pro-life Laws

This paper addresses legal issues surrounding out-of-state travel for abortion, federal regulations of abortion-inducing drugs and how abortion drug prescribers…

Mary E.…
April 10, 2026
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New Study: Most Women Seeking Abortion Have Higher Risk of Negative Psychological Reactions
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New Study: Most Women Seeking Abortion Have Higher Risk of Negative Psychological Reactions

A new peer-reviewed study by the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) and Elliot Institute found that the majority of women seeking…

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April 9, 2026
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Abortions Up, Screenings Down: Planned Parenthood’s Latest Annual Report
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Abortions Up, Screenings Down: Planned Parenthood’s Latest Annual Report

According to Planned Parenthood’s 2024-25 annual report, they performed a record-breaking 434,450 abortions in 2023-2024. A new Charlotte Lozier Institute…

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April 8, 2026
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Fact Sheet: Planned Parenthood’s 2024-25 Annual Report
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Fact Sheet: Planned Parenthood’s 2024-25 Annual Report

In April 2026, Planned Parenthood released its 2024-2025 annual report. In this fact sheet, data from that report is summarized.

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April 7, 2026
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Testimony of CLI Assoc. Scholar in Support of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act

On April 14, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on HR 4924, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks. The bill would prohibit discrimination against the unborn based on the preference of sex or race alone. Charlotte Lozier Institute associate scholar Anna Higgins, J.D. testified in support of the bill, and summarized her newly published paper on sex-selection abortion.

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April 19, 2016
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Fox Foundation Funding Patterns Favor Ethical Approaches
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Fox Foundation Funding Patterns Favor Ethical Approaches

But while the Fox Foundation, like CIRM, may have started out emphasizing support for hESCR, that support, also like CIRM’s, has waned over the years. According to its website, the MJFF has awarded 1,350 research grants since its founding in 2000.  Of that total number, just 66 grants went to research using stem cells.

Eugene C. Tarne
April 18, 2016
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Sex-Selection Abortion: The Real War on Women

Despite advances in civil rights and the recognition by most developed nations that discrimination on the basis of sex alone is inherently unjust, a very real and pervasive form of sex discrimination is still permitted and practiced in the world today. Prenatal sex discrimination crosses cultural, ethnic, and national lines. It is practiced with impunity in many countries, including the U.S., via sex-selective abortion – choosing to abort a preborn child based solely on the child’s sex. Prenatal discrimination can also be practiced pre-implantation by destroying embryos based on a pre-implantation sex determination.  Undoubtedly, such practices constitute discrimination against a unique human individual based on sex alone, and thus constitute sex discrimination. In order to address this injustice, it is imperative that States and the Federal Government institute selection abortion bans – restrictions on abortions done for reasons of sex selection alone.

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April 13, 2016
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Medication Abortion: FDA Guidelines and Personal Experience

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed the regulations for RU-486, the “abortion pill,” allowing its use up to 70 days into pregnancy, three weeks past the previous guidelines. On the same day, Abby Johnson’s The Walls Are Talking: Former Abortion Clinic Workers Tell Their Stories, was officially released. One chapter in particular stood out as especially timely in regards to the news: “Medication Abortion.”

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April 7, 2016
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Maternal & Public Health

Minnesota Reports Show Smaller Abortion Centers Shrinking as Planned Parenthood Consolidates into Mega-Clinics

The Minnesota Department of Health publishes an extensive and organized annual abortion report that presents important public health information, including demographic statistics, while protecting the anonymity of women. Additionally, Minnesota reports the volume of abortions performed at each facility in the state. Minnesota’s abortion trends provide a glimpse of what is happening to the abortion market on a national scale. Similar to national trends, the total number of abortions in Minnesota has decreased, one abortion facility has closed, several have merged, and Planned Parenthood increasingly dominates the market.

Rebecca Gonzales
April 6, 2016
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Life & the Law

Compassion, Not Punishment, for Women Who Have Had Abortion

Yesterday, during an MSNBC townhall event with Chris Matthews, presidential candidate Donald Trump was asked if he believes in “punishment for abortion” to which he replied that there should be “some form of punishment.” When asked whether this applied to women who have had abortions, Mr. Trump replied in the affirmative, though he later clarified that he believes only abortionists should be held accountable.

A woman with long dark hair and glasses smiles at the camera. She is wearing a dark blazer, dangling pearl earrings, and a necklace, set against a neutral gray background—her look exudes confidence and professionalism in science. Genevieve Plaster, M.A.
March 31, 2016
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Life & the Law

On Top of Everything Else, Contraception Mandates Don’t Work

Michael J. New,…
March 23, 2016
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Maternal & Public Health

Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day: Societal Inclusion for Prenatally Diagnosed Unborn Babies

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March 21, 2016
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