Caring For Both: A Curbside Consult Series
Medical professionals answer your questions about what it means to provide evidence-based, life-affirming healthcare to both pregnant women and their preborn children. Their insights can serve as a pro-life second opinion, or "curbside consult", for you as you face ethically challenging patient care scenarios. We upload new episodes every Thursday. Brought to you by the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Episodes
79 episodes
The Menstrual Cycle As A Vital Sign | Richard Fehring, PhD
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 Marquet...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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27:00
Healing from Abortion | Serena Dyksen, She Found His Grace
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 m...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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Advancing Life-Affirming Healthcare Internationally | Valerie Huber
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, an...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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How to Drive Down Abortion Numbers | Melanie Israel, Heritage Foundation
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 rapid...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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26:17
Miscarriage: Risk Factors & Prevention Part 2 | Dr. Marguerite Duane
In Part 2 of this two-part episode, family physician and fertility specialist Dr. Marguerite Duane discusses how cycle charting can be used as a tool to help prevent miscarriages.Dr. Duane, a board-certified family physician, is co-foun...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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22:26
Miscarriage: Risk Factors & Prevention (Part 1) | Marguerite Duane, MD
In Part 1 of this two-part episode, family physician and fertility specialist Dr. Marguerite Duane discusses the importance of understanding the modifiable risk factors of miscarriage.Dr. Duane, a board-certified family physician, is co...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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19:49
How Our Society Makes Raising Kids Harder than it Need to Be | Timothy P. Carney
Author and AEI Senior Fellow Timothy P. Carney discusses the way in which our society places obstacles in the path of parents hoping to raise a thriving family.Timothy is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he wor...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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The Pro-Life Case for Prenatal Diagnosis | Dr. Brandon Brown
With many pro-life advocates and families reticent to undergo prenatal testing and imaging out of fear that abnormal results will simply be used to push them towards induced abortion, pediatric & fetal radiologist Dr. Brandon Brown lays out...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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Gestational Surrogacy: Under-Discussed Considerations (Part 2)
Jennifer Lahl, founder of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, discusses some under-discussed facts and ethical considerations of gestational surrogacy.Resources:Watch CBC's documentaries on YouTube: / @cbc-networkorg ...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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Gestational Surrogacy: Under-Discussed Considerations | Jennifer Lahl, RN, MA
Jennifer Lahl, founder of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, discusses some under-discussed facts and ethical considerations of gestational surrogacy.Resources: Watch CBC's documentaries on YouTube:
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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2024 in Review + Looking Towards 2025
The CFB co-hosts discuss the past year's episodes and what's in store for AAPLOG in 2025.Register for the Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference here: conference.aaplog.org.Check out our new medical education online courses: mede...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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A Maternal-Fetal Medicine MD on How Community Birth can Improve Maternal Healthcare Access
Dr. Steve Calvin discusses how community birth can bridge gaps in maternity care access, especially for rural women. Dr. Calvin is board-certified in OB/GYN and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He has cared for mothers and babies with the...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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Supporting Women's Breastfeeding Journeys
In this episode, the second in a series on postpartum care, Denise Roy, RN, IBCLC discusses how she helps women achieve their breastfeeding goals and how medical professionals can help support women's breastfeeding journeys.Denise is a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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Reaching the Next Generation | Post-Roe Review Reuploaded
This is a reupload of Episode 3 of a podcast series that AAPLOG uploaded shortly after the Dobbs v Jackson US Supreme Court decision.The Post-Roe Review is a limited-series podcast from AAPLOG, the American Association of Pro-Life Obste...
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Doctors Matter! AAPLOG Reacts to Election Results
Election results discussion panel featuring Dr. Christina Francis, Dr. Susan Bane, Rebecca Weaver, and Prudence Robertson.
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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34:52
The Role of Research | The Post-Roe Review Reuploaded
This is a reupload of Episode 2 of a podcast series that AAPLOG first uploaded in 2022 after the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health.The Post-Roe Review is a limited-series podcast that offers timely insights on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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33:34
A History of Advocacy | The Post-Roe Review, Reuploaded
This is a reupload of Episode 1 of a podcast that AAPLOG first uploaded shortly after the overturning of Roe v Wade. The Post-Roe Review is a limited-series podcast from that offers timely insights on what the overturning of the Supreme Court’s...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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30:47
Treating Embryos Ethically in Research | Donna Harrison, MD
AAPLOG will be releasing a new committee opinion, "The Ethical Treatment of Embryos."As a preview, our Director of Research (and former CEO), Dr. Donna Harrison, will be giving some thoughts on the beginning of human life and the ethics...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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How This Pro-Life Clinic Was Voted "Best Women's Health Clinic in the Pacific Northwest" (Twice!)
Susan Rutherford, MD and Helen Nguyen, MSW discuss 3W Medical for Women, the Seattle-based, life-affirming women's health clinic that they lead together. 3W won the "Best Women's Clinic in the Pacific Northwest" award in both 2023 and 202...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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Using Medically Accurate Vocabulary When Discussing Abortion | Monica Snyder, Secular Pro-Life
In this third "reverse interview," Monica Snyder of Secular Pro-Life asks Dr. Francis about the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' "Guide to Language and Abortion," contrasting it with AAPLOG's "Glossary of Medical Terms."...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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34:20
The Importance of Physician Advocacy | Rebecca Weaver, AAPLOG Action
Rebecca Weaver, Executive Director of the newly-launched advocacy arm of AAPLOG, AAPLOG Action, discusses the role of this new organization and the importance of physicians being involved in policy advocacy.Resources:Join the AAPLOG...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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Attachment and Attunement: Supporting New Parents
AAPLOG Board Member and Certified Nurse Midwife Betsy Morton discusses how new parents can build a strong relationship with their baby.
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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How Medical Professionals Can Best Serve Parents with Prenatal Diagnoses
Be Not Afraid Co-Founder Tracy Winsor offers tips for how medical professionals can best support parents facing prenatal diagnoses.Resources:BNA website:
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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How This Organization Supports Parents of Babies with Prenatal Diagnoses
Tracy Winsor, co-founder and Training & Service Development Director at Be Not Afraid, discusses her organization's work supporting parents who are planning to carry a pregnancy to term following a prenatal diagnosis.Resources:<...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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