Stacey Abrams has sparked outrage after she claimed that fetal heartbeats are a ‘manufactured sound’ which allow men to ‘take control of a woman’s’ body.
The Democrats' gubernatorial nominee for Georgia previously opposed abortion rights, but after admitting she was ‘wrong’, made a U-turn to become a pro-choice advocate.
During an event in Atlanta, she claimed that there is ‘no such thing’ as fetal heartbeat at six weeks of gestation – taking aim at the controversial ‘Heartbeat Law’.
Under the current legislation, abortion is banned after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which often cannot be heard until a woman is at least seven weeks pregnant.
US Senator Lindsey Adams slammed her comments, saying she is trying to ‘change science’ by ‘denying that the baby has a heartbeat’.
Abrams appeared to be talking about the technical definition of the heartbeat, which is electrical activity caught on a vaginal ultrasound and then used to mimic a heartbeat.
It can only be detected through invasive transvaginal scan before six weeks, and a fetus’ heart is often not fully developed until the 10th week of pregnancy.
It is at that point of a pregnancy that an abdominal ultrasound can be used pick up the sound of a fetus's heartbeat can be picked up.
Addressing the audience at the event she said: 'There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman's body.'
DailyMail.com columnist Meghan McCain also hit out at Abrams, saying: ‘Hearing my babies heartbeats at 6 weeks is hands down one of the most exciting, liberating and most beautiful moments of my entire life.
‘Hands down. Stacey Abrams is a very sick person to say this and somehow accuse doctors of faking fetal heartbeats. Full stop.’
Senator Adams added: ‘Stacey Abrams perfectly encapsulates the belief and direction of the Democratic Party when it comes to the unborn -- deny science and support abortion on demand up until the moment of birth.
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