A heart-warming brief from female physicians, including my colleague Dr. Grazie Christie, illuminates the advances in science and medicine since 1973 in understanding fetal pain, fetal and maternal medicine, and ultrasound technology.

The brief includes detailed sonogram images of fetal patients that are so unlike the fuzzy gray images of the 1970s. “The baby’s head, starting with the brain, is a marvel of intricacy. … The fetal profile is clear: the gently sloping nose, the distinct upper and lower lips and chin,” the brief states. “The baby’s mouth opens, and we can even see the tongue moving. … The fetal spine is often gently curved as the fetus rests against the mother’s uterine wall. But then the baby plants her feet against the wall in front of her and stretches vigorously. This is the living reality of what is at issue in this case: a tiny boy or girl who, at 15 weeks, kicks, breathes, and hiccups, who has little fingers that open and close.”

In stark contrast, the brief filed by the abortion lobby is stuck in a 1970s mindset. It is a hopeless series of anecdotes from abortion doctors focused on their own feelings toward their trade, creepily describing how it feels “natural” to end the life of a fellow human being.

There is no imagination allowed in these tragic abortion stories, no creative or life-affirming solutions, nothing empowering. Abortion is the only remedy, and women must rely on it to be successful. The sole 21st century update is the woke and dystopian language referring to “pregnant persons” rather than pregnant women.