{"id":252706,"date":"2021-09-08T08:35:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252706"},"modified":"2021-09-08T20:24:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T01:24:39","slug":"98-beats-per-minute-science-heartbeat-preborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/98-beats-per-minute-science-heartbeat-preborn\/","title":{"rendered":"’98 beats per minute’: Science sheds light on the heartbeat of the preborn child"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the wake of the Texas Heartbeat Act<\/a> \u2014 which prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, around six weeks gestation \u2014 there has been swift and significant backlash against the law. Abortion proponents have done much to try and dismantle the legislation, claiming that it’s an assault on the rights of women. While these abortion advocates are quick to point out the hardship that the law is on women, they’re willfully ignoring and even dismissing the other side of the equation \u2014 the undeniable humanity of the preborn child.<\/p>\n

While people once believed that a preborn child was nothing more than a blob of cells, scientific advancements have given us a much clearer idea of what’s really happening within the womb. But while knowledge and understanding have advanced, the pro-abortion message hasn’t kept up with the times. In fact, abortion proponents have been quick to deny<\/a> that the preborn child even has a detectable heartbeat by six weeks<\/a> (though science shows the heart begins beating three weeks after fertilization).<\/p>\n

Fortunately, science tells a different story. The Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), an organization with more than 60 credentialed scientists, scholars, practicing physicians, statisticians, and other academics, has been studying the science of life in the womb for more than 10 years. In a recent statement<\/a>, they’ve shed some light on the facts of life in the womb surrounding the heartbeat.<\/p>\n