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Jul 5, 2022

Host Kevin Patton uses a recent article from Science News as a basis for discussing the biological processes involved in pregnancy, birth, and abortion care to clarify misconceptions and support productive public conversation.

  • 00:00 | Introduction
  • 00:56 | Why Address These Concepts
  • 14:53 | Sponsored by AAA
  • 16:15 | Strategies
  • 21:44 | Sponsored by HAPI
  • 22:44 | Concepts & Misconceptions
  • 32:15 | Sponsored by HAPS
  • 34:44| More Concepts & Misconceptions
  • 43:31 | Staying Connected

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Like most aspects of biology, early human development involves many complex processes. Despite the rhetoric around these issues, clear lines — between having a heart and not having a heart or being able to survive outside of the uterus — are scarce, or nonexistent. (Laura Sanders)

 

Why Address These Concepts?

14 minutes

As A&P faculty, should we dip our toes into the abortion care controversy? Should we look at the accuracy and completeness of our own current understanding of pregnancy, birth, and abortion care? This segments suggests a role for us.

Sins Against Science; A Chat with Judi Nath | TAPP 110 (a chat with the author)

★ Sins Against Science (The A&P Professor Book Club) theAPprofessor.org/bookclub.html#badge-B043 

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★ Standardize Abortion Education Across U.S. Medical Schools (opinion of healthcare profession students wanting abortion education from MedPage Today) AandP.info/r2e

★ The US Supreme Court abortion verdict is a tragedy: this is how research organizations can help (from Nature editorial) AandP.info/2s3

★ Why hundreds of scientists are weighing in on a high-stakes US abortion case (news from Nature) AandP.info/d5t

Pregnancy & Abortion Misconceptions We can Fix in A&P | TAPP 118

Sponsored by AAA

80 seconds

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.

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Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

★ Anatomical knowledge retention in third-year medical students prior to obstetrics and gynecology and surgery rotations (journal article from Anatomical Sciences Education by Jurjus, et al.) AandP.info/i5x

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Strategies

5.5 minutes

Okay, we need to review and revise our own understanding of biological concepts surrounding pregnancy, birth, and abortion. Good. Here's a reminder—and a nudge—for how to get started on that now.

Sins Against Science; A Chat with Judi Nath | TAPP 110 (a chat with the author)

★ Sins Against Science (The A&P Professor Book Club) theAPprofessor.org/bookclub.html#badge-B043 

 

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

57 seconds

The Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction—the MS-HAPI—is a graduate program for A&P teachers, especially for those who already have a graduate/professional degree. A combination of science courses (enough to qualify you to teach at the college level) and courses in contemporary instructional practice, this program helps you be your best in both on-campus and remote teaching. Kevin Patton is a faculty member in this program at Northeast College of Health Sciences. Check it out!

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Concepts & Misconceptions

9.5 minutes

Using an article by Laura Sanders in Science News, we begin review five misunderstandings in biology that can muddy the waters in any conversation about pregnancy and abortion care.

★ 5 misunderstandings of pregnancy biology that cloud the abortion debate (feature article from Science News by Laura Sanders) AandP.info/y4x

★ Development of the human heart (from American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics) AandP.info/p91

★ Fetal pain: A systematic multidisciplinary review of the evidence.(from Journal of the American Medical Association) AandP.info/4bn

★ Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #59: The use of analgesia and anesthesia for maternal-fetal procedures (from American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology) AandP.info/wpg

★ The burden of abortion restrictions and conservative diagnostic guidelines on patient-centered care for early pregnancy loss. (from Obstetrics & Gynecology) AandP.info/ssu

★ Why Science Can't Say When a Baby's Life Begins (article from Wired)AandP.info/nte

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Sponsored by HAPS

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More Concepts & Misconceptions

9 minutes

Riddle me this: when is a heart beat not really a heart beat? The discussion of muddy biology continues.

★ 5 misunderstandings of pregnancy biology that cloud the abortion debate (feature article from Science News by Laura Sanders) AandP.info/y4x

★ Development of the human heart (from American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics) AandP.info/p91

★ Fetal pain: A systematic multidisciplinary review of the evidence.(from Journal of the American Medical Association) AandP.info/4bn

★ Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #59: The use of analgesia and anesthesia for maternal-fetal procedures (from American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology) AandP.info/wpg

★ The burden of abortion restrictions and conservative diagnostic guidelines on patient-centered care for early pregnancy loss. (from Obstetrics & Gynecology) AandP.info/ssu

★ Why Science Can't Say When a Baby's Life Begins (article from Wired)AandP.info/nte

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