Democrats suddenly believe abortion is their golden ticket to winning the midterm elections. Democratic candidates up and down the ticket, from Beto O’Rourke in Texas to Stacey Abrams in Georgia, are running on an agenda that supports abortion up until the moment of birth. As Democratic messaging grows more bullish and aggressive, their abortion positions have become not just out of touch with voters but out of touch with scientific truth.
Former state lawmaker Stacey Abrams is the latest mind-boggling example. The Democrat running for Georgia governor made waves last week when she claimed, “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.”
This is an absurd claim. By asserting that preborn babies’ heartbeats cannot be detected via ultrasound at six weeks, Abrams is rejecting decades’ worth of common medical practice (by physicians on both sides of the issue) and diving headfirst into the murky depths of some anti-science conspiracy theory. Read more…