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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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Karen Czarnecki

Executive Director

Karen Czarnecki is a 25-year veteran of Washington politics and public policy.  Prior to her current role as Executive Director of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, she served as vice president of outreach for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where she was responsible for all government relations and external affairs activity on the organization’s priority research issues.  Karen also served as the director of education at the Law & Economics Center (LEC) at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School where she oversaw executive education for federal and state court judges, state attorneys general and their staff, and a Congressional staff education program on legal reform.

Karen has served as a Congressional chief of staff and an outreach and communications adviser, and has held senior-level positions in the federal government and the non-profit sectors.  Previous positions include: director of the Office of the 21st Century Workforce and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the US Department of Labor; director of the Civil Justice and Health and Human Services Task Forces at the American Legislative Exchange Council; and director of executive branch liaison and state relations at The Heritage Foundation.

She has also served in the White House for two administrations. For over a decade, she has taught a public policy seminar as an adjunct professor at George Mason University for The Fund for American Studies.  Karen earned her BA and JD from The Catholic University of America.

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Abortion Drugs

Are Abortion Drugs Really Safer than Tylenol?

CLI executive director Karen Czarnecki sits down with CLI Director of Life Sciences Cameron Louttit, Ph.D., to discuss his Safety Claims paper.

Karen Czarnecki Cameron Louttit, Ph.D.
September 15, 2025
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Abortion Drugs

Post-Abortion Emergency Department Visits Misclassified as Miscarriages

CLI Executive Director Karen Czarnecki sits down with CLI Vice President and Director of Data Analytics James Studnicki, Sc.D., to discuss his paper on the impact of miscoded post-abortion emergency department visits on the severity and complexity of such visits.

Karen Czarnecki James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA
June 13, 2025
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Community Health Centers Outnumber Planned Parenthood Facilities 15 to 1

CLI Executive Director Karen Czarnecki sits down with CLI Senior Research Associate Tessa Cox to discuss how community health centers far outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities across the U.S.

Karen Czarnecki Tessa Cox
May 9, 2025
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