The OBservations Podcast

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, can be born alive.

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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/

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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

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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.

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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

Learn more about the dangers of relaxed restrictions on mifepristone:

https://aaplog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CO-9-Mifepristone-restrictions-update-Jul-22.pdf

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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.

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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 200 articles and book chapters, and co-edited three books on Human Fertility.  Professor Fehring is a science consultant to the Department of NFP USCCB, a Board member of University Faculty for Life, and member of the Healthcare and Bioethics Committee for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. His research interests include effectiveness of natural family planning methods, marital responses to family planning, and religious and spiritual influences on human sexuality.  His most recent book is “Learning to Live with Your Fertility: The Marquette Model of NFP” Summer, 2023.

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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

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Valerie Huber explains the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a coalition of now 40 countries committed to advancing women’s health, strengthening families, pushing back against the narrative that induced abortion is an international human right, and affirming the right of nations to govern themselves free from ideological colonialism.

Valerie Huber, who spearheaded the creation of the Declaration during the first Trump administration, where she served the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as U.S. Representative for Global Women’s Health. Today, she serves as Founder and President of the Institute for Women’s Health, where she promotes women’s global health priorities, empowering women to thrive and achieve optimal health at every stage of their lives.

Resources:

Geneva Consensus Declaration: https://www.theiwh.org/the-gcd/

US rejoins Geneva Consensus Declaration: https://www.state.gov/united-states-r... 

The Institute for Women's Health: https://www.theiwh.org/

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One of the main reasons that pro-life advocates are in this fight is to see the number of induced abortions decrease. There are a lot of factors that influence those abortion numbers, and in this new post-Dobbs environment, we’re seeing a rapidly shifting landscape that makes it hard to see what it’s going to take to end the practice of intentionally killing preborn children.

Here to offer some clarity is Melanie Israel. Melanie is a Visiting Fellow in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation, where she focuses on policy analysis and development related to life, conscience rights, and religious freedom. Melanie has published op-eds for a variety of media outlets including USA Today, Sacramento Bee, Orlando Sentinel, Des Moines Register, and many more. She has also appeared in numerous media outlets, including EWTN, CBN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Politico. Prior to joining The Heritage Foundation, Melanie worked on Capitol Hill, in the office of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and in the Senate Judiciary Committee. She received a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Texas.

Resources:

https://www.heritage.org/staff/melanie-israel

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