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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!

A Critical Analysis of the FDA’s 2021 Mifepristone REMS Modification Rationale Review
Latest Research / Life & the Law

A Critical Analysis of the FDA’s 2021 Mifepristone REMS Modification Rationale Review

This paper critically analyzes the FDA's 2021 REMS Review leading to the removal of the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.

Zachary Sluzala,… Ingrid Skop,…
October 6, 2026
Inside The Government Decision That Opened Up Abortion Pill Floodgates
Latest Research / Abortion Drugs

Inside The Government Decision That Opened Up Abortion Pill Floodgates

The decision "fell well short" of the FDA's standards.

charlotte-lozier-institute Charlotte Lozier Institute
October 6, 2026
Unintended Consequences of the FDA’s 2021-2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Changes to Mifepristone
Latest Research / Life & the Law

Unintended Consequences of the FDA’s 2021-2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Changes to Mifepristone

This paper critically analyzes the FDA's 2021 literature review that served as the basis for its controversial decision to remove…

Ingrid Skop,…
October 6, 2026
Peer-Reviewed Article: FDA Lacked Evidence to Drop In-Person Abortion Drug Requirement
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Peer-Reviewed Article: FDA Lacked Evidence to Drop In-Person Abortion Drug Requirement

A new peer-reviewed article on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2021 complete review of mifepristone’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation…

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October 6, 2026
Abortion Reporting: Kentucky (2025)
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Abortion Reporting: Kentucky (2025)

In 2025, five brick-and-mortar abortions were reported in Kentucky by the state’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The data…

Elyse Gaitan Mia Steupert,…
October 5, 2026
Life & the Law

Women’s Health Protection Act: An Analysis

If the “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021” were to become law, it would impose abortion on demand in all 50 states by invalidating current state laws and undermining the ability of states to pass limits on abortion. These state laws which were enacted by duly elected state officials accountable to citizens of their state reflect the view of a majority of Americans who support limitations on abortion. The “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021,” more accurately referred to as the “Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act,” represents a federal takeover of abortion policy by nullifying the will of citizens and state legislatures. The first version of the Women’s Health Protection Act was introduced in 2013. It has been introduced in subsequent Congresses and has failed to advance each time.

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September 17, 2021
Maternal & Public Health

Abortion Reporting: Georgia (2020)

Georgia released its 2020 abortion statistics in its online vital statistics database in July 2021. Georgia resident abortions increased from the previous year.

Tessa Cox
September 16, 2021
Life & the Law

Abortion Industry Cites Outdated Science, Flawed Analysis in Dobbs Late Abortion Case

Using outdated research and flawed analysis, the abortion industry today ignored both modern science and basic legal facts while asking America’s highest court to overturn Mississippi’s 15-week limit on late abortions.

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September 13, 2021
Life & the Law

Legislative and Litigation Overview of 20-Week Abortion Laws

Since January 2010, twenty-three states have enacted statutes prohibiting abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy. All but one of these laws make at least some explicit reference to fetal pain in either the legislative title, legislative findings, statement of legislative purpose or intent, or some combination of these elements. Evidence shows that unborn children can feel pain by 20 weeks, or five months, of pregnancy and even earlier.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield,…
September 10, 2021
Maternal & Public Health

U.S. Abortion Trends: 2019 and Preliminary 2020

As of September 1, 2021, there were 39 states that had released abortion statistics for 2019. Seventeen states reported a decline in abortions from 2018, while 21 states reported that abortions increased. One state, Wyoming, published its first abortion report for the latter half of 2019.

Tessa Cox
September 10, 2021
Life & the Law

New Report Highlights 15 Facts Science Reveals About 15-Week-Old Unborn Babies

A new report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute highlights that at 15 weeks’ gestation, an unborn baby’s heart has already beat nearly 16 million times since it first started pumping blood by the 6th week of pregnancy.  Doctors can already tell if the child will be left-handed or right-handed based on which thumb it prefers to suck in utero. 

charlotte-lozier-institute Charlotte Lozier Institute
September 9, 2021
Fetal Development

15 Facts at 15 Weeks

This year, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would allow Mississippi to limit abortions at 15 weeks. Medical advancements have long surpassed the viability definition of 28 weeks in Roe, and each advancement only moves us closer to life-saving treatments earlier and earlier in the life of the unborn. But what exactly is a 15-week-gestation fetus like? We’ve put together 15 amazing facts about the 15-week-gestation fetus.

Katrina Furth, Ph.D.
September 9, 2021
Maternal & Public Health

Abortion Reporting: Oklahoma (2020)

Oklahoma’s 2020 abortion report was published by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) in June 2021. The report shows that abortions declined from the previous year.

Tessa Cox
September 7, 2021

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