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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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How the Legal Status of Abortion Impacts Abortion Rates

Arguments that legalizing abortion will improve various public health outcomes has been a frequent talking point in various political efforts to either legalize abortion or liberalize abortion laws around the world. However, an extremely broad body of economic and public health research clearly indi...

Michael J. New, Ph.D.
May 23, 2018
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Canada’s Assisted Suicide Ruling Opens a “Pandora’s Box”

On February 5, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) voted unanimously to strike down the blanket prohibition on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia that was in place since 1992. The ruling of Carter v. Canada is historic in that it would permit assisted suicide for psychological illness as ...

Genevieve Plaster, M.A.
February 12, 2015
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Canada’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Existing Criminal Prohibition on Assisted Suicide

In a decision today with serious international ramifications, Canada’s highest court has overturned an absolute ban on assisted suicide/euthanasia and has given Parliament one year to create a "stringently limited, carefully monitored system of exceptions." The decision was unanimous, 9-0, and it ...

Andrea Mrozek
February 6, 2015
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Voyage of Life: Week 6

The changes in the embryo between the beginning and end of the sixth week are dramatic. Like rumpling a flattened blanket, flattened embryonic tissue begins folding, forming a tube that will become the brain and spinal cord. More folding forms the chest and abdominal cavities. Clusters...

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August 13, 2021

An Analysis of Colorado’s SB 25-183

This week, the Colorado State Senate will begin legislative debate on SB 25-183. This bill will require Colorado’s Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus programs to cover elective abortions. A very broad body of research from economics, political science, and public health journals shows that when s...

Michael J. New, Ph.D.
April 2, 2025
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A Fact-Free Campaign Against Parents and Unborn Children in Alabama

Recently, Alabama passed a new law that grants immunity from both civil and criminal liability to IVF clinics for destroying human embryos, without parents’ consent and for any reason. This came in the wake of the Alabama supreme court ruling that parents can file suit when, without their consent ...

Richard Doerflinger, M.A.
April 22, 2024
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Pro-Life Laws Exempt Women from Prosecution: An Analysis of Abortion Statutes in 27 States

A legal analysis of states' current laws, statutes, and opinions demonstrates that women will not be prosecuted in their state for seeking or obtaining abortion.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
January 10, 2024
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Eugenic Elitism

In his book War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race, New York Times bestselling author Edwin Black paints one of the most complete pictures to date of the history of the eugenics movement in America. 

Nora Sullivan, M.P.A
October 1, 2012
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