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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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Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP

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Sharon Joy MacKinnon has over 25 years of experience on the front lines of health care serving predominantly low-income patients in urban and rural settings in the South, first as a nurse, and then as a family nurse practitioner. Dr. MacKinnon completed her doctoral work in health services research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, directed by Dr. James Studnicki, now CLI’s vice president of data analytics with whom she completed several abortion research publications.

Her current research focuses on how nurses and other health care providers might implement a transformative heuristic to facilitate reliable decision making. Dr. MacKinnon currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, Michael, and their beloved adopted son, Gabriel.

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Abortion

Doctors Who Perform Abortions: Their Characteristics and Patterns of Holding and Using Hospital Privileges

Controversy exists regarding whether doctors who perform abortions should be required to hold hospital admitting privileges, but no research exists as to the extent to which they actually hold and use such privileges.

James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA Tessa Cox John W. Fisher, Ph.D., J.D., M.S., M.A. Donna Harrison, M.D. Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP
April 15, 2019
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Maternal & Public Health

 Q&A with the Scholars: From Nursing to Abortion Research

After 25+ years serving on the front lines of health care as a Nurse and then as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Sharon J. MacKinnon completed her doctoral work in Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. MacKinnon recently joined the Charlotte Lozier Institute as an Associate Scholar, and in this interview, she shares her observations from her nursing experience as well as her recent research on reasons why women obtain abortions, the significant racial and ethnic disparities in deaths caused by abortion, abortion reporting, chemical abortions, and more.

Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP
August 18, 2017
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Maternal & Public Health

Improving Maternal Mortality: Comprehensive Reporting for All Pregnancy Outcomes

To demonstrate the impact of inadequate standardization and population coverage on the ability to measure and improve maternal mortality in the United States.

James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA John W. Fisher, Ph.D., J.D., M.S., M.A. Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan David Prentice, Ph.D. Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP
August 1, 2017
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