President Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination in a speech filled with familiar falsehoods.
Issues: abortion
Republican Convention Night 3
Republican Convention Opening Night
Dueling Ads in the Kentucky Senate Race
False Claim That Pelosi Withheld Coronavirus Funds Over Abortion
A viral Facebook post falsely claims that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “wouldn’t release 8.5 billion for Coronavirus without abortion funding.” A House bill providing $8.3 billion in relief was already signed into law. The “abortion funding” claim is a distortion of a separate debate over a different bill.
Meme Misquotes Virginia Governor on Abortion Bill
A Misleading Take on Alabama’s Abortion Law
When Are Heartbeats Audible During Pregnancy?
Q: When is the human heart fully developed, and when are heartbeats audible during pregnancy?
A: A developing heart has all of its primary structures after about nine weeks of pregnancy. Some forms of ultrasound can detect cardiac activity in an embryo in the sixth week, but a heartbeat wouldn’t be audible until about 10 weeks on a Doppler fetal monitor.