During the public‑comment portion of the Sept. 25 Pinellas Park City Council meeting, Ian Ryan of 550360 Seventh Avenue North (address as read into the record) introduced himself and the Christine Institute, a nonprofit he said he incorporated with the Florida Department of State and registered to solicit contributions.

Ryan said the Christine Institute’s charitable purpose is "the advancement of science and education related to obstetrics, gestation, and artificial womb technology" and described an approach he called transfer of gestation (abbreviated in his remarks as TOGA). He described TOGA as a procedure in which a pregnancy would be transferred from a pregnant person so that the chest‑born child could receive neonatal care; Ryan framed the procedure as an alternative to what he termed "elimination abortion," and he urged donations and followers via christineinstitute.org and social media.

Ryan made specific assertions about potential future impact during his remarks: for example, he said if 10% of U.S. abortions used the TOGA method approximately 60,000 lives could be "saved" annually. He also stated an expectation that the first TOGA procedure would be performed by cesarean section at about 25 weeks’ gestation and that neonatal intensive care would care for the child. Those statements were presented as the speaker’s views and projections; the council did not ask for or provide a staff response, and no city action or endorsement followed.

The speaker requested donations and directed listeners to the institute’s website and Facebook page. City procedural rules permit residents to speak during the public comment period; this presentation was recorded as a public comment and did not include a policy proposal or an agenda item requiring council action.

For clarity: the presentation described an independent nonprofit and its stated aims. The transcript records the speaker’s claims and solicitations; those claims were not independently verified during the meeting and do not reflect city policy or city endorsement.