Dr. Phil Is Pushing Phony Science To Please His Pro-Abortion Audience

Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, public interest in early human development has skyrocketed. Unfortunately, in pursuit of their radical abortion agenda, many of those supplying the “factual information” about human reproduction to the general public are consulting the wrong people and broadcasting outright lies.

This human development hoax was on full display last week when pro-abortion talk show host Phillip McGraw, better known as “Dr. Phil,” dedicated a second episode in as many months to showcase what he and his guests personally believe about abortion and when human life begins.

Dr. Phil and his guests plied the audience with false science by vigorously and repeatedly denying that science has determined when human life starts. The episodes featured proof by emphatic assertion, vague references to the varied arbitrary opinions of non-experts, and a supposed lack of “consensus” in the broader “scientific community” and “scientific literature.”

However, in an unexpected turn, Dr. Phil inadvertently raised one extremely salient point during the first segment. In response to a guest’s query about his view on when human life starts, he correctly noted that his opinion about the nature of human embryos is irrelevant: “Well, it doesn’t matter what I think, I don’t care what I think.” He’s right. Dr. Phil holds a doctorate in clinical psychology — i.e., he is not an expert in the study of the development of the new individual human being.

Ask a True Expert: Human Embryologists

Genuine academic expertise matters. The biological science of human embryology is the only science that specializes in when a human being begins to exist and his or her early development. Thus, the experts to ask about when human life starts are academically credentialled Ph.D. human embryologists and others professionally experienced in the field.

Needless to say, Dr. Phil failed to make this vital point. Rather than using his “irrelevance” to call attention to what human embryologists have to say and empowering accurately informed decisions about unborn children, he continued by disingenuously excluding the experts.

The host opted to perpetuate Roe’s absurd myth that when human life starts remains a mystery. As such (the argument goes), each of us is free to impose our own opinions on the humanity of the unborn child. The truth is that there has long been a consensus among scientific experts around the world about when a human being begins to exist. The “controversy” is among lay people or scientists or physicians with no academic credentials or expertise in human embryology.

Gold Standard of Human Embryological Research

The objective, internationally acknowledged, empirical scientific facts (not theories or opinions) of the biological science of human embryology are instituted in the Carnegie Stages of Human Embryonic Development. The 23 Carnegie Stages are the gold standard of human embryological research.

For more than 80 years, this highly specialized branch of biology has documented the start of human life. Additionally, the Carnegie Stages are constantly reviewed,

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