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
90 episodes
PART 2 | PPROM: A Life-Affirming Approach
In this second half of a two-part conversation, Dr. Kerri Brackney and Dr. Robin Pierucci discuss their perspectives on premature prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM), especially previable or periviable PPROM.Dr. Brackney addresses the...
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Episode 20
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PPROM: A Life-Affirming Approach
Dr. Kerri Brackney and Dr. Robin Pierucci discuss their perspectives on premature prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM), especially previable or periviable PPROM.Dr. Brackney addresses the considerations physicians have when treating pre...
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Episode 19
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Groundbreaking Letter to the FDA & More: Updates from the Nation's Capital with Rebecca Weaver
From an AAPLOG-led letter to the FDA to a major pro-life victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, there's a lot happening in Washington, DC.AAPLOG's Director of Advocacy and Policy, Rebecca Weaver, joins AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis to of...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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Sexual Integrity | Lori Kuykendall, Beacon Health Education Services
Lori Kuykendall, President of Beacon Health Education Services, discusses sexual integrity, what it means, and how it can be used to promote patient health.Lori earned a Bachelor's Degree in Health Education from Texas A&M Universit...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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Supporting Medical Residents | Francis Nuthalapaty, MD
Dr. Francis Nuthalapaty discusses ways that pro-life physicians can support medical residents in our current medical culture surrounding abortion. Dr. Nuthalapaty is double board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as mat...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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Brain Death During Pregnancy: Honoring the Pregnant & Preborn Patient | Charles Camosy, PhD
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 di...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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What's it like to be a pro-life physician in a pro-abortion culture? | Asking Your Burning Questions
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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Promoting Teen Health with Fertility Education | Dr. Karen Poehailos, FEMM Health
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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Reclaiming the Purpose of Medicine | PART 2
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 phys...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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22:31
Understanding the Latest Abortion Drug Reports | Dr. Donna Harrison
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/publica...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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31:45
Reclaiming the Purpose of Medicine | Forging a New Path Forward
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 f...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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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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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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