The Left’s abortion war on science

Published October 8, 2022 12:00am ET



For many women facing an unexpected or difficult pregnancy, having an ultrasound is a moment that changes their lives forever. Hearing their unborn baby’s beating heart and seeing their child moving and even making faces on the screen is enough to remind them that their child is a wonderful and precious human being deserving of protection.

The pro-abortion movement doesn’t want parents to know this. Just last week, Stacey Abrams claimed that “there is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body.” Medical professionals and pro-life advocates like us are appalled by the Left’s outright denial of decades of science and medical consensus. Science tells us intricate details about the unborn, such as that at six weeks, unborn children have heartbeats with an average rate of 110 beats per minute. At 10 weeks, their unique fingerprints are forming. By 15 weeks, the baby’s heart will have beaten nearly 16 million times, they can be seen sucking their right or left thumb, and they feel pain.

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