{"id":85866,"date":"2022-09-22T16:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=85866"},"modified":"2022-09-22T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:17:05","slug":"85866","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=85866","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/paula-bolyard\/2022\/09\/22\/fact-checker-glenn-kessler-claims-fetal-heartbeat-is-a-misnomer-instantly-regrets-getting-out-of-bed-today-n1631511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Fact&#8217; Checker Glenn Kessler Claims Fetal Heartbeat Is a &#8216;Misnomer,&#8217; Instantly Regrets Getting Out of Bed Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glenn Kessler, the\u00a0<em>Washington Post\u2019s<\/em> intrepid \u201cfact\u201d checker, must have been salivating over his plan to \u201cown the cons\u201d when he retweeted Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams\u2019 claim that \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks.\u201d Abrams (D-Tinfoil Hat) claimed that a fetal heartbeat is just a Grand Plot by men to \u201ctake control of a woman\u2019s body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kessler weighed in with, \u201cFWIW, \u2018fetal heartbeat\u2019 is a misnomer. The ultrasound picks up electrical activity generated by an embryo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe so-called \u2018heartbeat\u2019 sound you hear is created by the ultrasound,\u201d he added. \u201cNot until 10 weeks can the opening and closing of cardiac valves be detected by a Doppler machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, a memo went out on the Left this week with the new pro-abortion talking point to justify the murder of unborn children. Dr. Stacey Abrams, M.D., and Kessler wasted no time running to Twitter to shout the New Abortion Narrative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FWIW, &quot;fetal heartbeat&quot; is a misnomer. The ultrasound picks up electrical activity generated by an embryo. The so-called &quot;heartbeat&quot; sound you hear is created by the ultrasound. Not until 10 weeks can the opening and closing of cardiac valves be detected by a Doppler machine. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OODSeeFMas\">https:\/\/t.co\/OODSeeFMas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennKesslerWP\/status\/1572962263992000512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Radiologist Pradheep J. Shanker quickly pointed out that Kessler has no idea what he is talking about:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glenn&#8230; This is scientifically and medically incorrect. 100%.<\/p>\n<p>Ultrasound can&#39;t detect electrical activity. Who told you otherwise? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PxxPViEV70\">https:\/\/t.co\/PxxPViEV70<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Neoavatara\/status\/1572981275538989058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He said the NPR article Kessler cited was wrong. \u201cUltrasound only detects density and motion. It cannot detect any electrical activity at all. This is a scientific fact,\u201d Shanker declared. \u201cIt is true that the valves in the heart develop later. However, the cardiac muscles that are located in the embryological heart are contracting. They are in fact moving inward and outward. That is how you define a beat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He conceded that a fetal heartbeat isn\u2019t the same as a fully developed adult heartbeat but added, \u201cthe cardiac tissue is contracting, which is literally what a beat is. To say otherwise is scientific misinformation, and cannot be treated otherwise.\u201d What!?!?!?! Misinformation from the world\u2019s leading \u201cfact\u201d checker? How can this be?<\/p>\n<p>Shanker advised Kessler to delete the tweet and \u201ccompletely correct it with somebody who knows the science and actually understands what they are talking about, and issue an apology because this is really a pathetic scientific document.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t hold your breath.<\/p>\n<p>Townhall\u2019s Kurt Schlichter offered this inconvenient truth:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So you\u2019re saying the embryo is generating electrical activity which means it\u2019s\u2026 alive. <\/p>\n<p>Talk about a fact check that bites you in the ass. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/49PwThwoVM\">https:\/\/t.co\/49PwThwoVM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtSchlichter\/status\/1572975317580681219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The pro-life website LifeNews weighed in with a video showing the heartbeat of a baby 22 days after conception.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An unborn baby&#39;s heart starts beating 22 days after conception. Here&#39;s proof. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QIqaiPP9dl\">pic.twitter.com\/QIqaiPP9dl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeNewsHQ\/status\/1572961922714148864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Others on Twitter mocked Kessler\u2019s bogus claim:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1631532\" src=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/4857d0d1-b0d1-44ef-bd46-4f5b763ae2a8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1631534\" src=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-2022-09-22T152046.494-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1631535\" src=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-2022-09-22T152219.030.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"101\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1631536\" src=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2cabccc3-6bd0-450d-89ed-6bfb22b680d4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was no small amount of mockery for Stacey Abrams\u2019 conspiracy theory, either:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stacey Abrams: &quot;There is no such thing as a heartbeat at 6 weeks&quot;<\/p>\n<p>NIH: Weeks 6-7: &quot;Baby&#39;s heart continues to grow and now beats at a regular rhythm.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Stop denying science in an attempt to back up your extreme position on abortion.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wSekcGZA7a\">https:\/\/t.co\/wSekcGZA7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SBA Pro-Life America | 72% \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 support 15 weeks (@sbaprolife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbaprolife\/status\/1573050553797857280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stacey Abrams is pushing a theory here that ultrasound machines, used in hospitals now all over the world, were designed by a cabal of men, to manufacture a sound beat on purpose, in order to convince women to keep unwanted pregnancies. This is beyond QAnon shit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pOoUJRt52\">https:\/\/t.co\/4pOoUJRt52<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1572792188416950277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Pacific, a parody account for The Atlantic, knocked it out of the park with this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQKB28sMF8\">pic.twitter.com\/uQKB28sMF8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Pacific (@ThePacificNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePacificNews\/status\/1572948832778096646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know whether to laugh or cry about this stupidity. As funny as all of this is, I fully expect the \u201cfact\u201d checkers to come at me for daring to call out Stacey Abrams and Glenn Kessler. It\u2019s clear that the facts aren\u2019t on the Left\u2019s side in the abortion debate \u2014 ultrasound leaves no doubt that what\u2019s in a mother\u2019s womb is actually a baby \u2014 so they lie, spin, prevaricate, and deceive \u2014 all with the imprimatur of the \u201cfact\u201d checkers&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>The Left\u2019s abortion propaganda has been wildly successful over the years. Entire generations have been brainwashed into believing that a human baby in the womb \u2014 with its own DNA, fingerprints, and heartbeat \u2014 is nothing more than a clump of cells that can be snuffed out at the whim of the child\u2019s mother. &#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Fact&#8217; Checker Glenn Kessler Claims Fetal Heartbeat Is a &#8216;Misnomer,&#8217; Instantly Regrets Getting Out of Bed Today Glenn Kessler, the\u00a0Washington Post\u2019s intrepid \u201cfact\u201d checker, must have been salivating over his plan to \u201cown the cons\u201d when he retweeted Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams\u2019 claim that \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks.\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=85866\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85867,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85866\/revisions\/85867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}