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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!

Supporting Mothers, Strengthening Futures: Reforming Arkansas’s Policies for Families with Young Children
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Supporting Mothers, Strengthening Futures: Reforming Arkansas’s Policies for Families with Young Children

This paper explores reforms that could be implemented to strengthen support for families and children in need in Arkansas.

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March 17, 2025
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Are Pro-life Laws Harming Women and Children? An Examination of Claims Against Texas
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Are Pro-life Laws Harming Women and Children? An Examination of Claims Against Texas

Texas is often the subject of interest and criticism. The Texas Heartbeat Act was the first strong protection of unborn…

Ingrid Skop,…
February 12, 2025
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Why the Global Protect Life Rule is Right for the U.S. and Nations around the World (2025 Update)
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Why the Global Protect Life Rule is Right for the U.S. and Nations around the World (2025 Update)

The Mexico City Policy, first introduced in 1984, prohibited U.S. funds for family planning from going to foreign nongovernmental organizations…

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February 3, 2025
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Strengthening the Pro-Life Safety Net: Federal Response to Perinatal Substance Use
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Strengthening the Pro-Life Safety Net: Federal Response to Perinatal Substance Use

Substance use during pregnancy presents significant health risks, affecting both maternal and fetal health outcomes and often leading to complications…

Christopher C.…
January 22, 2025
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The Protect Life Rule: Defunding Abortion in Title X
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The Protect Life Rule: Defunding Abortion in Title X

The text of the Title X family planning program prohibits grant recipients from using funds for programs that involve abortion…

Mary E.…
January 21, 2025
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The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019—Ten Things You Need to Know About H.R. 2975
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The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019—Ten Things You Need to Know About H.R. 2975

The stated purpose of the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019 is to protect the ability to perform and obtain abortions. An earlier version of the legislation, introduced in the 113th Congress, was described by one lawmaker’s office as the “Abortion On Demand Act.” H.R. 2975 would supersede and apply to all Federal law notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, and it would trump any State law that conflicts with H.R. 2975. H.R. 2975 is premised on the belief that abortion is “essential” to women’s health and “central” to women’s ability to “participate equally” in economic and social life.

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February 11, 2020
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The Supreme Court Has Said It Will Hear a Major Abortion Case from Louisiana. Here’s What You Need to Know.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major abortion case from Louisiana. The name of the case is June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Gee. The Court is expected to hear arguments on March 4, 2020 and issue a decision by early summer 2020.

Thomas M. Messner,…
December 30, 2019
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“Medicare for All” Means “Abortion for All”
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“Medicare for All” Means “Abortion for All”

Advocates for taxpayer-funded abortion likely underestimated the backlash they would face when they attempted to include abortion funding and coverage in healthcare reform in 2010. Ultimately, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) abortion-related provisions and accompanying federal regulations marked a massive deviation from the long-standing Hyde amendment by allowing abortion-on-demand in federally subsidized insurance plans.

Mary E. Harned,…
December 9, 2019
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Abortion Cases in the Higher Federal Courts

Our nation’s highest court may soon clarify or modify federal abortion jurisprudence after agreeing to hear June Medical Services v. Gee, a case in which a Fifth Circuit panel upheld a Louisiana law requiring an abortion provider to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of his or her practice.

Mary E. Harned,…
November 21, 2019
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Anti-Discrimination Laws in the Womb: New Momentum for Protection
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Anti-Discrimination Laws in the Womb: New Momentum for Protection

Something interesting is afoot in recent disappointments for advocates of the right to life.  In a series of cases that may test the appeal of a new jurisprudence on abortion, two federal appeals courts and the Supreme Court itself have turned aside attempts to enact a law banning disability discrimination abortions.

Charles A. “Chuck”…
October 25, 2019
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Funding Pregnancy Help Centers is a Win-Win for Citizens, Clients, and Communities
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Funding Pregnancy Help Centers is a Win-Win for Citizens, Clients, and Communities

The primary difference between Planned Parenthoods and PHCs is that, while Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, PHCs seek to help women and children escape the disastrous consequences of abortion, including the numerous documented risks of physical, emotional, and mental harm that follow abortion. 

Jeanneane Maxon, J.D.
September 25, 2019
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Legislative and Litigation Overview of Five-Month Abortion Laws Enacted Before or After 2010
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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 intent, definitions, substantive provisions, or some combination of these legislative elements.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield,… Thomas M. Messner,…
August 13, 2019
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Abortion Cases in the Higher Federal Courts
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Abortion Cases in the Higher Federal Courts

While several states have appealed court decisions enjoining abortion restrictions to the United States Supreme Court, the Court has thus far failed to clarify or modify federal abortion jurisprudence. Specifically, the Court has declined to review an Eleventh Circuit Court decision enjoining a second-trimester dismemberment abortion ban in Alabama, and a Seventh Circuit Court decision enjoining a ban on discriminatory abortions in Indiana.

Mary E. Harned,…
July 12, 2019
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