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Phone: 202-223-8073
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2776 S. Arlington Mill Dr.
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Arlington, VA 22206

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Charlotte Lozier Institute

Phone: 202-223-8073
Fax: 571-312-0544

2776 S. Arlington Mill Dr.
#803
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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Stories of Premature Births, Anomalies Involving Fetal Surgery and Perinatal Hospice

The following is a compilation of public stories shared by families who were affected by a prenatal diagnosis of a lethal or non-lethal fetal anomaly or very premature birth.

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May 1, 2021
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Abortion Reporting: Missouri (2018)

A record low 2,910 abortions were reported as occurring in Missouri in 2018, down more than 25 percent from the previous year. Chemical abortions fell by an even greater margin, dropping 66 percent from 1,062 in 2017 to just 359 in 2018.

Tessa Longbons
March 10, 2020
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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, J.D. Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
August 13, 2019
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Five-Month Abortion Limits: Executive Summaries of Charlotte Lozier Institute Papers

The following are papers published by the Charlotte Lozier Institute in the On Point, American Reports Series, or in a peer-reviewed journal on issues involving 20-week or five-month gestation abortions.

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December 17, 2018
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Written Testimony of Kristine Burton Brown, J.D., in Support of Missouri Pain-Capable Abortion Bill

Kristi Burton Brown, J.D.
March 23, 2017
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Radio Interview: Dr. David Prentice Explains the Science of Fetal Pain

David Prentice, Ph.D.
May 18, 2015
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Constitutional Law Scholar Urges Constitutionality of Five-Month Abortion Laws

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
May 11, 2015
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Science Supports Pain-Capability of Unborn by 20 Weeks

Genevieve Plaster, M.A.
February 3, 2015

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