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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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Thomas M. Messner, J.D.

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Thomas Messner, J.D., is Senior Fellow in Legal Policy at CLI where he researches and writes on issues involving life and conscience. Messner earned his law degree from Notre Dame Law School and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania. After law school, Messner clerked for Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, and practiced law in Washington, D.C. Previously Messner served as a Visiting Fellow in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation, where he researched and wrote about religious liberty and other issues.

 

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Life & the Law

Federal Trial Court Strikes Down Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban

A federal trial court in Austin has struck down a Texas law prohibiting the practice of dismemberment abortion. The court issued its ruling one day before Thanksgiving.

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
November 30, 2017
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Down Syndrome Bill Would Represent a Major Challenge to Both Discrimination Abortion and Roe v. Wade

Ohio Right to Life reports that the Ohio Senate has passed S.B. 164, a bill that would prohibit abortion when the abortionist knows that the mother is seeking the abortion because the baby has Down Syndrome. According to Ohio Right to Life, two weeks earlier “the Ohio House passed an identical piece of legislation

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
November 28, 2017
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Life & the Law

Supreme Court Will Hear Pregnancy Help Center Case

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
November 16, 2017
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Life & the Law

Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban Headed to Trial

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
September 26, 2017
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Life & the Law

Abortionist Suspended for Violating Child Rape Protection Act

A Kansas abortionist has had his license suspended for 90 days for violating the Kansas Child Rape Protection Act. The final order suspending the license of Allen S. Palmer, D.O. to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery was issued on September 13, 2017 by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
September 21, 2017
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Life & the Law

Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Three Cases Involving Pregnancy Help Centers

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
September 19, 2017
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Life & the Law

Lozier Institute Submits Supreme Court Brief in Surrogacy Case

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
September 18, 2017
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Pregnancy Help Centers Win Another Legal Victory in Struggle Against Oppressive Regulations

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
July 21, 2017
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Life & the Law

Oregon Lawmakers Promote Abortion, Crush Civil Liberty, and Hate on Social Justice

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
July 13, 2017
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Life & the Law

Lozier Institute Submits Supreme Court Brief in Pregnancy Help Center Case

Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
May 15, 2017