What Happens When a Fact-Checker Doesn’t Get the Facts Right?

 Religion

• Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams recently came under fire for a false claim about embryonic development
• In a clip posted to Twitter by RNC Research on Sept. 21, Abrams criticized anti-abortion legislation in Georgia that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, when embryonic heartbeats can typically be detected
• "There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks," she said
• Cardiologists quickly corrected her, pointing out that this is not how ultrasound works

False Claims

• Ultrasound can’t detect electrical activity
• There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks
• The fourth week of gestation is close to the sixth week of pregnancy
• Until recently, even Planned Parenthood conceded that in the second month of pregnancy, "a very basic beating heart and circulatory system develop" during weeks 5-6 of pregnancy

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