Obstetrics Dilemma and Abortion Pill Reversal | Stars, Cells, and God
Join Fazale “Fuz” Rana and Chris Cirucci as they discuss new discoveries taking place at the frontiers of science that have theological and philosophical implications, including the reality of God’s existence.
Obstetrics Dilemma
Many skeptics point to the difficulties and dangers of the human birthing process as a flawed biological design, best explained as the product of human evolutionary history. This problem is exemplified by the obstetrics dilemma—a concept that sees the origin of the human birthing process as a compromise between two evolutionary pressures: (1) the shift of our knuckle-walking ape-like ancestor to a bipedal hominin and (2) the increased size of the human head. These two influences restricted the size of the human birth canal and made the passage of the human neonate with a large head through the birth canal difficult. In this episode, Fuz Rana discusses recent insights from an evolutionary perspective into the origin of the human birthing process (and the obstetrics dilemma) and then offers an explanation for the obstetrics dilemma from a creation model/design perspective.
RESOURCES:
Dynamic Finite-Element Simulations Reveal Early Origin of Complex Human Birth Pattern
Additional Resources:
Life’s Twists and Turns Are Designed to Start in the Birth Canal
Abortion Pill Reversal
When a woman decides to undergo a chemical abortion, she takes two medications: mifepristone on the first day, followed 24–48 hours later by misoprostol. What if she changes her mind after taking the first abortion pill? Is there any hope to save her unborn child? Can chemical abortion be reversed? Or is abortion pill reversal “junk science” as some would contend?
RESOURCES:
[The Effect of RU486 and Progesterone on Luteal Function during Pregnancy ]
Progesterone Use to Reverse the Effects of Mifepristone
A Case Series Detailing the Successful Reversal of the Effects of Mifepristone Using Progesterone
Abortion “Reversal”—Legislating without Evidence
Mifepristone Antagonization with Progesterone to Prevent Medical Abortion: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Facts Are Important: Medication Abortion “Reversal” Is Not Supported by Science
The Reversal of the Effects of Mifepristone by Progesterone
2019 AAPLOG Position Statement on Abortion Pill Reversal
Medication Abortion Up to 70 Days of Gestation: ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 225
Links to Organizations
Abortion Pill Reversal
This is an information site for abortion pill reversal and provides contact information for women interested in pursuing this option.
Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline: 1-877-558-0333
Steno Institute—Life-Affirming Research
The Steno Institute is the research organization for abortion pill reversal