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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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Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.

Former Vice President and Director of Life Sciences

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., is a guest contributor for the Charlotte Lozier Institute.

A scientist with over 20 years’ experience in academic and clinical medicine with an emphasis on the cause of pediatric disease, Dr. Sander Lee earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Medical College of Wisconsin followed by postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital in molecular and cell biology.  Dr. Sander Lee was an appointed faculty member at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she directed a research laboratory investigating congenital heart disease in children and served as Scientific Director of Molecular Diagnostics at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.  She has also served as a scientific consultant and is currently a member of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality.

Dr. Sander Lee is dedicated to promoting ethical advancements in healthcare that protect the sanctity of every human life.  She has been invited to give expert legislative testimony, given numerous national media interviews, and provided scientific advice for legislators, policymakers, and organizations.  Dr. Sander Lee is published in various medical journals and textbooks, including her most recent contribution to the book, Choose Life:  Answering Key Claims of Abortion Defenders with Compassion.  She is also lead editor of VoyageOfLife.com, a website that reveals the remarkable journey of every human being in the womb from conception to birth, and how we are each “fearfully and wonderfully” made.

To learn more about Dr. Sander Lee’s journey as a pro-life scientist, please see this video:

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Fetal Tissue, Stem Cells & Bioethics

Charlotte Lozier Scholars Discuss Bioethical Challenges and Exploiting Nascent Human Beings

On Friday, September 22, 2023, Dr. David Prentice and Dr. Tara Sander Lee presented at Faith and Law's Friday Forum session on Capitol Hill.

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D. David Prentice, Ph.D.
September 27, 2023
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Fetal Development

Tara Sander Lee | “Knit Together in a Mother’s Womb”

Dr. Tara Sander Lee, molecular and cellular biologist at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, shares her firsthand testimony of studying the wonders of human genetics and reproduction as designed by God.

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
August 13, 2023
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What Science Says About the Nebraska Heartbeat Act

Dr. Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., and Dr. Ingrid Skop, M.D., join Nebraska's Spirit Catholic Radio to discuss what science says about the proposed Nebraska Heartbeat Act.

Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
February 2, 2023
Abortion

What Science Says About the Nebraska Heartbeat Act

Dr. Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., and Dr. Ingrid Skop, M.D., join Nebraska's Spirit Catholic Radio to discuss what science says about the proposed Nebraska Heartbeat Act.

Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
February 2, 2023
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Suppressing the Science: Politicians are doing the abortion industry’s dirty work.

What does it say about America if our leading cultural institutions, such as a major political party and their legions of allies in the media, do the abortion industry’s dirty work by ignoring or suppressing the science? What does it say about us if we let them?

Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
November 23, 2022
Life & the Law

Suppressing the Science: Politicians are doing the abortion industry’s dirty work.

If you are patient and listen carefully, abortion advocates will sometimes tell you the truth, if only by accident. That’s what happened in a New York Times piece looking at the role of abortion in last week’s midterms.

Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
November 23, 2022
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Fetal Tissue, Stem Cells & Bioethics

A Handbook of Bioethical Considerations Regarding Nascent Human Beings and Their Cells (Handbook II)

The purpose of this handbook is to provide a useful reference guide to understanding ethical and moral implications for scientific experimentation involving nascent human beings and cells derived from nascent human beings.  In particular, the attributes of nascent human beings and cells derived from them are presented in the context of their moral significance and bioethics considerations regarding the permissibility of their use in biomedical research.

James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D. Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
October 26, 2022
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Maternal & Public Health

Fact Sheet: The Growth of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal Care Centers in the United States

Advancements in science and medicine over the past 50 years have paved the way for the “Perinatal Revolution”—recognizing the unborn child as a separate patient and offering life-saving care before birth. 

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D. Mia Steupert, M.A.
July 21, 2022
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Fetal Tissue, Stem Cells & Bioethics

Handbook of Nascent Human Beings: A Visual Aid for Understanding the Science and Experimentation

The purpose of this handbook is to provide a useful reference guide to understanding the biological nature and properties of nascent human beings and cells derived from nascent human beings. 

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D. James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D.
July 7, 2022
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Life & the Law

Written Testimony of Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., on Prohibiting Prenatal Discrimination

“We need to consider these young individuals as equally valued human lives. Eliminating young lives is not the answer to eliminating disease and disability once a risk of the disorder is identified. Destroying the patient is not curative medicine. Such acts become a modern-day form of eugenics.”

Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
October 15, 2021
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