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Medical professionals answer your questions about what it means to provide evidence-based, life-affirming healthcare to both pregnant women and their preborn children. Their insights can serve as a pro-life second opinion, or "curbside consult", for you as you face ethically challenging patient care scenarios. We upload new episodes every Thursday. Brought to you by the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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In this episode, Dr. David Prentice, President and Founding Board Member of the Science Alliance for Life and Technology (SALT) joins AAPLOG to discuss AAPLOG’s Committee Opinion on the Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos—a document he helped author—and explore what it means to uphold the dignity of the youngest and most vulnerable in science and medicine. Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to donate. Follow u...
Dr. Ingrid Skop and Dr. Susan Bane take a closer look at the Complex Family Planning Fellowship, the program created to train physicians in late-term abortion. Learn how this training arose not from patient or doctor demand, but from a deliberate agenda by pro-abortion advocates and funders. Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to donate. Follow us on: Facebook Twitter Instagram
Brief Description: In today's episode, we discuss pro-life medical advocacy on Capitol Hill with Rebecca Weaver, the Director of Advocacy and Policy at AAPLOG. Rebecca discusses AAPLOG's recent trip to Washington, D.C. to bring the medical voice of the pro-life movement to Capitol Hill. She discusses meetings with lawmakers to advocate for certain policy changes on behalf of pro-life medical students and residents, and for a restoration of safeguards in the distribution of t...
In this second half of a two-part conversation, Dr. Sean Hutzler discusses EMTALA and how it affects emergency obstetric care. Dr. Hutzler is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing community medicine in Corpus Christi, TX. He has experience in a wide variety of Emergency Medicine practice settings including large academic/referral centers, rural emergency medicine, community emergency medicine, and freestanding ERs. While he is primarily a clinician, he also teaches reside...
In this first of a two-part conversation, Dr. Sean Hutzler discusses EMTALA and how it affects emergency obstetric care. Dr. Hutzler is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing community medicine in Corpus Christi, TX. He has experience in a wide variety of Emergency Medicine practice settings including large academic/referral centers, rural emergency medicine, community emergency medicine, and freestanding ERs. While he is primarily a clinician, he also teaches residents on...
Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life compares & contrasts state-level pro-life laws that were in place before Roe and after Dobbs. Clarke Forsythe serves as Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life and is author of two books about the infamous Supreme Court decision, Pushing Roe v. Wade Over the Brink: The Battle for America’s Heart, the Human Right to Life, and a Future Full of Hope as well as Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade. Clarke has serv...
Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life discusses the history of Roe v. Wade and the foundational errors that ultimately led to its overturning. Clarke Forsythe serves as Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life and is author of two books about the infamous Supreme Court decision, Pushing Roe v. Wade Over the Brink: The Battle for America’s Heart, the Human Right to Life, and a Future Full of Hope as well as Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade. Clarke has s...
In this second half of a two-part conversation, Dr. Kerri Brackney and Dr. Robin Pierucci discuss their perspectives on premature prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM), especially previable or periviable PPROM. Dr. Brackney addresses the considerations physicians have when treating pregnant mothers and their preborn babies who are facing PPROM. She is double board certified in obstetrics & gynecology as well as maternal fetal medicine. Dr. Pierucci, a board-certified neonatologist, appro...
Dr. Kerri Brackney and Dr. Robin Pierucci discuss their perspectives on premature prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM), especially previable or periviable PPROM. Dr. Brackney addresses the considerations physicians have when treating pregnant mothers and their preborn babies who are facing PPROM. She is double board certified in obstetrics & gynecology as well as maternal fetal medicine. Dr. Pierucci, a board-certified neonatologist, approaches this topic from the perspective of someone ...
From an AAPLOG-led letter to the FDA to a major pro-life victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, there's a lot happening in Washington, DC. AAPLOG's Director of Advocacy and Policy, Rebecca Weaver, joins AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis to offer updates. Read the letter: https://aaplog.org/six-medical-professional-organizations-sign-letter-urging-fda-to-address-public-health-crisis-caused-by-unregulated-abortion-drugs/ Get AAPLOG Action's updates: https://aaplogaction.org/ Learn more about med...
Lori Kuykendall, President of Beacon Health Education Services, discusses sexual integrity, what it means, and how it can be used to promote patient health. Lori earned a Bachelor's Degree in Health Education from Texas A&M University and a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion from Liberty University. She started in prevention education at the Women’s Pregnancy Center in Houston in 1995. In 1998, she started a county-wide abstinence program that was among the first to receive Titl...
Dr. Francis Nuthalapaty discusses ways that pro-life physicians can support medical residents in our current medical culture surrounding abortion. Dr. Nuthalapaty is double board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as maternal fetal medicine. He serves as the founding program director for the OB-GYN residency program at his Florida hospital. Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to donate. ...
In this special extended episode, Creighton University Professor of Medical Humanities Charles Camosy discusses ethical considerations for a life-affirming approach to treating pregnant women diagnosed with brain death during pregnancy. This discussion with AAPLOG Board Vice Chair and board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Susan Bane comes in the wake of the tragic case of Adriana Smith, a pregnant mom who was diagnosed with brain death and is being kept on life support in the hopes that her son, Chance,...
Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder is back for another "reverse interview," in which she asks AAPLOG CEO and board-certified OB-GYN questions that non-medical pro-life advocates might have for a pro-life physician. Today's topic is what it's like to be a life-affirming physician in a pro-abortion culture. Secular Pro-Life's website: https://secularprolife.org/ Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to donate. Foll...
Family physician Dr. Karen Poehailos explains how fertility awareness-based tools like FEMM Health can be key for promoting health in the youth population. Register for FEMM's medical management masterclass BY MAY 31! The course is held June 6 - 8 in Columbus, OH: https://femmhealth.org/course/mm-masterclass2025/ FEMM Health for Teens: femmhealth.org/teen Professional education: femmhealth.org/professional-education/medical-training Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become ...
In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Dr. Christina Francis, Dr. Susan Bane, and Dr. Chris Cirucci discuss a recently published video from AAPLOG encouraging pro-life medical professionals and advocates to mobilize behind life-affirming physicians as they forge a new path forward for medicine. Learn more about how you can join the movement: https://aaplog.org/mobilize/ Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to ...
AAPLOG's very own Director of Research, Dr. Donna Harrison, breaks down the groundbreaking new reports finding a nearly 11 percent complication rate of the abortion drug mifepristone. Read the reports: EPPC: https://eppc.org/publication/stop-harming-women/ EPPC Fact Sheet on Excluded Adverse Events: https://eppc.org/publication/fact-sheet-excluded-adverse-events-in-real-world-study-of-mifepristone/ FFROA: https://www.ffroa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FFROA-Chemical-Abortion-Data-Review.pdf...
Dr. Christina Francis, Dr. Susan Bane, and Dr. Chris Cirucci discuss a recently published video from AAPLOG encouraging pro-life medical professionals and advocates to mobilize behind life-affirming physicians as they forge a new path forward for medicine. Learn more about how you can join the movement: https://aaplog.org/mobilize/ Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org Become a member at www.aaplog.org/join Join our mailing list here. Click here to donate. Follow us on: Facebook Twitter I...
Dr. Richard Fehring exposits the case for considering the menstrual cycle as a vital sign and how hormone measurement can be used to identify and treat reproductive health conditions. Dr. Richard Fehring is a Professor Emeritus at Marquette University College of Nursing, a research scientist at the Institute for Natural Family Planning, developer of the Marquette Method of NFP, a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and a former Captain in the US Army Nurse Corp. He has published over 2...
In honor of #AbortionRecoveryAwarenessMonth, Serena Dyksen shares her story of healing from a forced induced abortion and the importance of abortion recovery. Serena is the founder of She Found His Grace, a faith-based abortion recovery ministry that serves anyone who has been negatively impacted by abortion. She Found His Grace website: https://www.shefoundhisgrace.org/ Serena's book: https://www.amazon.com/She-Found-His-Grace-Forgiveness/dp/1610362497 Learn more about us at www.aaplog.org ...
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