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Ultrasounds and Sonograms Save Babies’ Lives—A Call to Support Pregnancy Care Clinics

By Grant Van Leuven - Posted at Reformation 21: Published December 5, 2023 My wife and I had determined we fully filled my quiver this January with the delivery of our daughter. So, I was quite surprised this June when she hinted that another little reward was likely awaiting us in her womb! I responded, “That’s impossible!”—not out of desperation, but confusion about how it could have happened during the identified month of conception. Yet, indeed, next March we are expecting our eighth covenant child. [2] We learned through an early blood test that he will be our fifth son, and we are now praying for him by his name, Gaius Ezekiel Van Leuven. [3] Naturally, we ask of the Lord that our “Little Guy” makes it to full term healthy and strong. How frightful that such prayer cover proved important for him just to survive my wife’s first gynecology visit! Right at the start, the lady doctor asked if we had planned the pregnancy. When my wife sheepishly admitted that through natural

Language matters; pro-life medical group releases medical glossary

AAPLOG – American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists – Prolife OBGYNs By Sam Entile - Posted at Pregnancy Help News: In an effort to promote “optimal healthcare for both pregnant woman and preborn children,” the American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) has issued a “ Glossary of Medical Terms for Life-Affirming Medical Professionals .” "In this post-Dobbs environment, it is critical for life-affirming medical professionals to utilize language that is scientifically accurate,” said Dr. Donna Harrison, board-certified OBGYN and AAPLOG’s director of research. “In order for women to have true informed consent it is essential that they be given accurate information about the humanity of the preborn, the intent of induced abortion, and the difference between induced abortion and medically indicated maternal-fetal separations.” “The pro-abortion American College of OB-GYNs (ACOG) obscures these facts in their own recently-publishe