Thread by @DrTaraSanderLee

THREAD: Stacey Abrams is completely ignoring scientific facts readily available in the public literature to justify her extreme position on abortion, which deliberately ends the beating heart of an unborn child.

Let’s review the scientific facts: 1/

The heart is the first functioning organ in a developing human being, with the first heartbeat just 22 days after fertilization (six weeks gestation). The heartbeat can be measured and identified in most viable pregnancies. 2/

Top embryology experts teach the human heart starts beating day 22 post-fertilization (that's 6 weeks gestation)

For those who want to read more detail about prenatal heart development from an embryology textbook, here's the link: embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/ind… 3/

Abrams is showcasing her complete ignorance of science and denial of reality.

All it takes is one quick search of the public database of scientific literature. The first article — in the opening lines of its introduction — says it all. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31533099/ 4/

As confirmed by peer-reviewed research, ‘The fetal heart rate gradually increases with gestational age from approximately 110 beats per minute (bpm) at 6.2 weeks to approximately 159 bpm at 7.6-8.0 weeks. 5/

Slow embryonic heart rates are associated with a worse short-term prognosis, with fetal heart rates less than 100 bpm before 6.3 weeks or below 120 bpm at 6.3-7.0 weeks linked to an increased rate of embryonic demise. 6/

It’s unfortunate that after years of telling America to ‘follow the science,’ leading Democrats are now ignoring the science because it’s inconvenient for their extreme political position of legalizing abortion until the moment of birth. 7/7