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Arlington, VA 22206

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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!

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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 violate these regulations and pro-life state laws, and why a federal solution is necessary.

Mary E. Harned, J.D.
April 10, 2026

Primer: Risks and Complications of Drug-Induced Abortion

As women increasingly choose drug-induced over surgical abortion, and with abortion drugs becoming easier to access, it is important that women understand the potential costs of drug-induced abortion.

Elyse Gaitan Tessa Cox
April 6, 2026

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 use their reasonable medical judgment to determine if a medical emergency exists. Additionally, Iowa has an ecosystem of support for moms and babies.

Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG
March 26, 2026

Fact Sheet: Abortion Up to Birth

“Abortion up to birth” is sometimes used to describe abortions in the seventh, eighth, or ninth month of pregnancy. Although media coverage tends to focus on late-term abortions performed because the unborn baby has a serious health condition or the mother’s life is threatened, research indica...

Tessa Cox Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG
November 21, 2025

Defunding Big Abortion: Can Alternatives Fill the Gap?

Poised to lose state and federal funding, Planned Parenthood has argued it’s irreplaceable and that alternative providers cannot absorb its entire Medicaid client base, particularly contraceptive clients. These concerns are unwarranted. Thousands of alternative providers, including federally quali...

Tessa Cox
September 16, 2025

Strengthening the Pro-Life Safety Net: Childcare for Pregnant and Parenting Women in Need

Pregnant and parenting women in need (PPWIN) often face barriers to adequate childcare, including but not limited to trust, affordability, availability, location, and hours. Careful reform of federal programs serving low-income populations to improve PPWIN access to childcare, alongside a smarter al...

Christopher C. Hull, Ph.D.
August 6, 2025

New Peer-Reviewed Article: Planned Parenthood, Abortion Drugs Major Drivers of U.S. Abortions

A new peer-reviewed article from the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) highlights the factors behind the 20% rise in U.S. abortions from 2017 to 2023, reversing a 30-year decline.

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June 12, 2025

How Many Abortions Are Occurring in America Post-Dobbs?

This paper provides, for the first time, a holistic overview of abortion provision in post-Dobbs America. It systematically collects point-in-time totals for the different types of abortionists and examines, in depth, which estimates are the most complete and definitive.

Mia Steupert, M.A.
May 22, 2025