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
103 episodes
Celebrating AAPLOG's 2025 Achievements
In this episode of Caring for Both, host Jordan Butler reflects on the achievements of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) throughout the year. Joined by Dr. Christina Francis, Dr. Susan Bane, and Rebec...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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30:54
Virginia’s Abortion Amendment: What’s at Stake?
In this episode of Caring for Both, host Rebecca Weaver sits down with Victoria Cobb, President of The Family Foundation, to unpack the implications of Virginia’s proposed “Right to Reproductive Freedom Act.” This amendment, slated for...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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24:48
Protecting Conscience Rights in Medical Training: A Conversation with Rep. Greg Murphy, MD
In this episode of Caring for Both, Dr. Susan Bane sits down with Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, to discuss the newly introduced Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act. This landmark legislation, introduced by Rep. Murph...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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19:14
Caring for Both: A Second Chance at Choice
In this episode of Caring for Both, Dr. Christina Francis sits down with Dr. George Delgado, founder of the Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) Network and author of Abortion Pill Reversal: A Second Chance at Choice. They discuss the...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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32:05
Behind the Lawsuit: ADF Attorney on Protecting Women from Abortion Pills
In this episode Caring for Both, AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis is joined by Gabriella McIntyre, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), to unpack the legal battle challenging the FDA’s decision to loosen safety standards ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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23:27
Unregulated and Unsafe: A Louisiana Woman’s Stand Against the FDA
In this powerful episode of Caring for Both, AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis sits down with Rosalie Markezich, a young woman from Louisiana who bravely shares her personal experience with chemical abortion pills—obtained online and un...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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20:16
Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos with Dr. David Prentice
In this episode, Dr. David Prentice, President and Founding Board Member of the Science Alliance for Life and Technology (SALT) joins AAPLOG to discuss AAPLOG’s Committee Opinion on the Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos—a document he helped au...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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39:56
Complex Family Planning: Agenda Over Need
Dr. Ingrid Skop and Dr. Susan Bane take a closer look at the Complex Family Planning Fellowship, the program created to train physicians in late-term abortion. Learn how this training arose not from patient or doctor demand, but from a delibera...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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27:21
Taking Pro-Life Medicine to Capitol Hill
Brief Description: In today's episode, we discuss pro-life medical advocacy on Capitol Hill with Rebecca Weaver, the Director of Advocacy and Policy at AAPLOG. Rebecca discusses AAPLOG's recent trip to Washington, D.C. to brin...
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Episode 24
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20:49
EMTALA & Obstetric Care, part 2 | Dr. Sean Hutzler
In this second half of a two-part conversation, Dr. Sean Hutzler discusses EMTALA and how it affects emergency obstetric care.Dr. Hutzler is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing community medicine in Corpus Christi,...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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25:38
EMTALA & Emergency Obstetric Care | Dr. Sean Hutzler
In this first of a two-part conversation, Dr. Sean Hutzler discusses EMTALA and how it affects emergency obstetric care.Dr. Hutzler is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician practicing community medicine in Corpus Christi, TX. H...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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23:35
Pro-Life Laws: Pre-Roe vs. Post-Dobbs | Clarke Forsythe, Americans United for Life
Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life compares & contrasts state-level pro-life laws that were in place before Roe and after Dobbs.Clarke Forsythe serves as Senior Counsel at Americans United for Li...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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26:27
The Errors of Roe | Clarke Forsythe, Americans United for Life
Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life discusses the history of Roe v. Wade and the foundational errors that ultimately led to its overturning.Clarke Forsythe serves as Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life and...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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29:31
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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Season 3
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Episode 20
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15:35
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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Season 3
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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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27:51
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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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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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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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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26:13
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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