- Abrams this week advanced a bizarre conspiracy theory that fetal heartbeats—the detection of early cardiac rhythms in unborn human beings—are “manufactured” sounds meant to help bring about control over women’s bodies.
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Nominee Stacey Abrams, who has been trailing behind her opponent the incumbent Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, made the claim during an event in Atlanta.“There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks,” Abrams said to the audience. “It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body.”
- She was referring to Georgia’s current anti-abortion law, which forbids the termination of a fetus’s life after the point that its heartbeat can be detected, usually five to six weeks into pregnancy.
- Medical authorities such as the American Pregnancy Association and Johns Hopkins University affirm that fetal heartbeats begin as early as around 5-6 weeks.
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An Atlanta Journal-Constitution/University of Georgia poll released this week showed Abrams trailing behind Kemp by nearly 10 points.
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Georgia Democrat gubernatorial nominee Stacy Abrams was already dropping in polls; her comment Wednesday about a fetus' heartbeat result in her losing credibility, support from much-needed independent voters.
