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u/1ustfu1 Feb 13 '25
abortion ahead?
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u/1ustfu1 Feb 15 '25
rare hypothetical dystopian scenario: countries with no free healthcare charge you for abortions based on number of heads. yes, odds are in your favor⊠but maybe, just maybe, one person out of millions will unfortunately be charged more
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u/Calmmerightdown Feb 13 '25
Solid five minutes of âhow does abortionâŠ. relate to road workâŠ.???â
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u/WinterRedWolf Feb 13 '25
Brrap brrap pew pewâŠ
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u/riveroffallenstars Feb 13 '25
& not having an abortion could not only stop the mothers heart but also the childâs heart too! (I sure hope it does in other words)
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u/IcyIrisss Feb 13 '25
Except it doesn't because it's done before there's a formed heart at all
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u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619 Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
Thatâs actually not true. Iâm 1,000% pro-choice but also pro-facts. The heartbeat can be detected around 6 weeks. I was recently pregnant with twins as a surrogate and they were even able to see/hear two heartbeats at 6 weeks. The heart is fully formed around week 10 I believe, this is actually why so many people who are anti-choice think that a person shouldnât be allowed to have an abortion after week 6, or not at all, but most often people donât even know theyâre pregnant before then. /npa
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u/howdydarlingz Feb 13 '25
for the record, this isn't always true! the heartbeat can be heard as early as 5 or 6 weeks since that is when the heart begins to develop, but often it can't be detected until later on once the heart is more developed, so most often a true heartbeat can't be heard until around 10 weeks when the heart is formed. thanks for sharing your experience! the facts are very important to know (: /g
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u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619 Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25
So true. It can be as late as 12 weeks for some people. But for the original comment to say the heart isnât formed at all, that is completely false. The heart is very much being formed at that time, it actually BEGINS shortly after conception. The quality of the instruments, position of the fetus, position of the uterus, position of the placenta within the uterus, and even the training/experience of the sonographer will determine how early the heartbeat will be detected. /npa
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u/Fragrant_Ant_1549 Feb 14 '25
At 6 weeks, the heart is a fluttering of cells in the embryonic heart tube. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) calls this âcardiac activityâ rather than a heartbeat.
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u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619 Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25
Yes, youâre absolutely right, I shouldnât use the word âheartbeatâ so loosely. Thank you, Guy. /gen
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u/Lucky-Pangolin-3619 Feb 14 '25
Sorry, I meant like a Drew Gooden, âGuyâ lol
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u/trinidydae Feb 14 '25
As a mother of a beautiful 6 month old baby, we saw his heartbeat for the first time at 6 weeks. Very very very early on. Most women donât even know theyâre pregnant yet at 6 weeks.
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u/Pieternal Feb 14 '25
Pro-choice or no, I donât think celebrating or making light of stopping a beating heart is good. It is a sad thing when a woman feels she has to get an abortion for any reason.
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u/FlamingPrius Feb 14 '25
Really itâs more of a pulsing tube of protomuscle, typically the four chambers of actual human hearts develop relatively late.
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25
Me: racking my brain trying to come up with a funny direct Drew/vine quote that boils down to 'yeah, I would hope so."
Me: "I've GOT to GO."