Articles by Monica Snyder
Unborn Baby's Heartbeat is Not Just a Pulsing Cell - LifeNews.com
Embryos don't have hearts. They have groups of pulsing cells where the heart will eventually form. The embryonic period is defined as the first stage of the pregnancy up to 11 weeks gestation. The embryonic heart-including atria, ventricles, and related structures-is present by 6 weeks gestation. We have collected multiple scientific and medical sources explaining as much here. Embryos don't have heartbeats. They have rudimentary electrical activity of cardiac cells.
Abortion and Infant Mortality: Termination Does Not Prevent Death
Abstract Alison Gemmill et al. claim that infant mortality in Texas increased following its 2021 abortion restrictions, and several sources reported that abortion restrictions harm infants. This is misleading. Gemmill et al.'s findings show that infant deaths increased primarily because abortion for “congenital anomalies” decreased, and a subset of those subjects died in infancy. In other words, infant mortality rose because fetal mortality fell.
Baby Left Inside Mother After Botched Abortion Had Legs and Feet Ripped Off
Unbelievable story out of Illinois from last week: “Champaign abortion doctor left fetus parts in woman’s body, lawsuit alleges.” A woman from Indiana traveled to Illinois in spring of 2023.
Pivoting to Unwanted and Coerced Abortion: A Manifesto
I was angry [at] my mother for encouraging me to get an abortion. I was mad at my boyfriend for (unwillingly) giving me the feeling that he didn’t want this child and therefore also encouraging me in the direction of getting an abortion. I was mad at people who would have liked it if I had the child but didn’t pressure me enough. The testimony above, posted anonymously at the website ShoutYourAbortion.com, reveals the largely hidden reality of abortion in America.
91% of Women Who Were Denied Abortion Raise Their Children Just Fine
(Any time we discuss women who don’t regret being denied abortion, people think we are claiming their perspectives are a reason to ban abortion. In fact, there are multiple reasons to take notice of these women’s experiences, regardless of your views on abortion laws.) Some people believe if a woman gives birth only because she couldn’t get an abortion, she’s likely to be an incompetent, neglectful, or abusive mother.
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