The OBservations Podcast

In this special episode of OBservations, the tables are turned once again as AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis hands hosting duties over to her friend and pro-life advocate Monica Snyder, Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life. Together, they unpack two viral reports – one from ProPublica about the connection between ectopic pregnancies and pro-life laws. This conversation will give you the facts the media often doesn't tell you. Why might a physician send a patient home for foll...

A prenatal diagnosis should never decide whether a child lives or dies. This episode brings a unique perspective to the surrogacy case involving McKenna West and Baby Gabriel case, as OB/GYN Dr. Christina Francis and Pediatrician and Executive Director of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) Dr. Jill Simons discuss the case from a medical perspective. They discuss what it reveals about disability discrimination, commercial surrogacy, and the urgent need to treat pre-born chil...

Pro-life laws are not what put women at risk - misinformation does. Dr. Callum Miller breaks down the medical, legal, and ethical arguments behind abortion policy, and why the most alarming claims about miscarriage care, ectopic pregnancy, and abortion pills collapse under unbiased scrutiny. From Malta’s zero maternal deaths in 12 years to the UK medical groups that publicly warned about mail-order abortion pills, Dr. Miller walks viewers through how fear gets weaponized in the abortion...

Children's rights advocate and Them Before Us founder Katy Faust joins Dr. Christina Francis to discuss why children should be at the center of every conversation about marriage and family. Together, they explore the ethical implications of surrogacy, the cultural shifts that have shaped modern family structures, and why Katy believes the fight for marriage is ultimately a fight for justice for children. More than a discussion of reproductive technology, this episode examines surrogacy ...

In this mailbag episode of OBservations, we answer follower questions on some of the most commonly misunderstood topics in pro-life OB-GYN care. Dr. Christina Francis and Dr. Susan Bane join Jordan Butler to discuss miscarriage management, ectopic pregnancy, D&C procedures, mifepristone, fetal pain, and the language used in prenatal diagnoses. We break down the differences between miscarriage and induced abortion, explain why D&Cs are ethically and medically used in many situati...