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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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Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.

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Amanda Stirone Mansfield is a graduate of Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law and a pro-life feminist whose research focuses on the inherent human dignity of both mother and child. She is also a graduate of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.  Before beginning law school, Amanda worked in a variety of posts in New Jersey state government and politics. She interned with Feminists for Life of America doing policy and legal research, and worked as a law clerk in the Catholic University Office of General Counsel. During law school, Amanda served on the executive boards of the Federalist Society, the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, Students for Public Interest Law (SPIL) and worked as a production editor for Journal of Law and Technology.

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Life & the Law

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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Alternatives to Abortion Programs: Support for Mothers and Families

On the verge of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization over the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion limitations, which could result in the dismantling of Roe v. Wade, there has been a steady drumbeat by the abortion industry forecasting catastrophe for mothers across the nation.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
February 14, 2022
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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, J.D.
September 10, 2021
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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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State Regulation of Telemedicine Abortion and Court Challenges to Those Regulations

In this paper, Associate Scholar Amanda Stirone reviews statutes in 19 states regulating the practice of telemedicine abortion, then reviews litigation involving those regulations.

Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
July 3, 2018
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