As a reminder, a baby’s heart starts beating at about six weeks gestation. That’s only two weeks after a missed period. Despite desperate attempts by the media to belittle these heartbeats as “pulses,” doctors have long acknowledged this cardiac activity is, indeed, a heartbeat, even if the heart is still developing.[9] Abortion isn’t health care. What other form of health care involves killing a human being? Abortion is a vicious practice, no matter when it happens and no matter how much empathy we have for mothers in tough situations.
No other form of healthcare involves killing a human being. Ergo, abortion isn't healthcare. And no matter what certain narratives say, empathy for the mom does not have to coexist with the death of the baby. Real empathy in fact cannot coexist with the death of the baby.
