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Help women who regret beginning a drug-induced abortion by joining the Abortion Pill Rescue Network. Abortion Pill Reversal is an effective way of trying to give a preborn child a second chance at life and the mother a second chance at choice. The abortion pill mifepristone is known to work by blocking progesterone receptors. This blockade is reversible with natural progesterone. Available evidence shows that this reversal is successful approximately 68% of the time - however time is of the essence and progesterone should be started as soon as possible after a woman takes mifepristone to increase the chance of fetal survival. Do you want to offer this life-saving treatment to your patients who regret their abortion decision? Learn more and join the Network at https://buff.ly/4g0tjxc

A message from the 2024 Malta March for Life. Dr. Christina Francis and Dr. John Bruchalski were honored to attend and speak at the annual march in a country where the rights of ALL patients are protected – born and preborn.

On this week's episode of our podcast, lactation consultant Denise Roy, RN, IBCLC discusses how she helps women achieve their breastfeeding goals and how medical professionals can help support women's breastfeeding journeys. Watch here: https://buff.ly/3D9X3JF

Our Caring for Both Podcasts provides resources on how to support both our pregnant and preborn patients. On a recent episode, Be Not Afraid Co-Founder Tracy Winsor offers tips for how medical professionals can best support parents facing prenatal diagnoses. "People who are trying to come to terms with a traumatic situation…benefit from having other people saying to them, ‘I respect your decision to carry to term and I know that you will be able to make good decisions for yourself. We’re just going to make sure you have the information you need…You are going to be just fine." Listen to the conversation here: https://buff.ly/3ONJ5Q7

The 2024 Malta March for Life was a moment of celebration for Dr. Christina Francis and Dr. John Bruchalski. They joined hundreds of marchers and our friends at Life Network Malta in continuing to advocate for the rights of BOTH patients – mother and child. Read all about the March here: https://buff.ly/3VyHiSM

On Human Rights Day we at AAPLOG stand with our patients, both born and preborn. Every human being has equal value and worth from the moment of fertilization. We believe our pregnant patients deserve excellent healthcare and physicians who put their well-being above a political agenda. That is why we fight for clear guidance for medical professionals and the rights of our pregnant patients to be fully informed and give full consent to any healthcare decision. We also stand with our preborn patients in fighting for their right to be treated with dignity. Every life is precious and deserves to receive excellent care.

Register today for our national medical education conference! Not only will you have the opportunity to network with like-minded colleagues, but you will also hear excellent presentations like "Reclaiming Reproductive Healthcare – A Life Affirming Approach" by Helen Nguyen, MSW. Learn more about MBEC and register at: conference.aaplog.org

There has never been a more challenging time to be a pro-life medical student/resident and that is why we are attempting to raise a record amount of $200,000 to help send 100 students to MBEC 2025! We are 20% of the way to our goal and need your help! We do a lot at AAPLOG to encourage and defend medical students who are particularly vulnerable right now, and at MBEC these students will experience the beauty of our community of life-affirming doctors so that they know that they are not alone! Make your gift today at https://buff.ly/3MHSB5h #givingtuesday #thankyou #MBEC2025

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, a day for charitable donations and supporting the non-profits you love. We hope you will consider a donation to AAPLOG. There are many ways to support our work, including a direct donation, sponsoring students to attend our conferences, sharing AAPLOG with your friends and family, and encouraging any medical professionals you know to join us. Visit https://buff.ly/3MHSB5h to donate!

Kimberly, a young mom, reached out to us to share her pregnancy loss story. She was prescribed what she was told was Plan B after suddenly stopping her usual hormonal contraceptive. After taking the pill, however, Kimberly realized that the drug she had been given was actually Ella. After doing some research, she realized that Ella, unlike Plan B, is a progesterone receptor blocker; it works the same way as the abortion drug mifepristone. "I ... would never have taken it if I would have known prior," Kimberly told us. She later discovered she was pregnant, which compounded her anxiety. Did taking Ella harm her preborn child? Kimberly began diligently monitoring her HCG levels, getting labs taken multiple times in a week. To her dismay, her levels of the pregnancy hormone were not increasing as they should in a healthy pregnancy. Less than two weeks after discovering her pregnancy, Kimberly tragically miscarried her child. Women deserve to know how Ella works so they can make informed decisions for themselves and their family.