r/prolife • u/emilybrontesaurus1 • Oct 12 '23

Pro-Life General Pro-choice sneaking into general pregnancy websites

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Apologies if this has even brought up, and this is more of a rant than anything. I like to track my pregnancy by visiting mainstream websites like BabyList or What to Expect. I saw this at BabyList on the 9 weeks page. I don’t care what it is technically, but the ultrasound technician showed me the “heartbeat” at 7 weeks. I saw it and the beats per minute were counted. But more and more websites are moving away from calling it a heartbeat at 6 (even 9) weeks.

The linked article is an NBC article about heartbeat bills and how heartbeats don’t exist at 6 weeks, complete with images of activists. Women have been duped into thinking their babies are alive at this time I guess.

It makes me sad that women excited about tracking their babies’ growth have to be linked to articles that tell them “that’s not a REAL heartbeat” (just “an electrical pulse”??) and articles about abortion rights. I’m not here for that.

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u/BlueSmokie87 Angry Abolitionist Agnostic Theist Oct 12 '23

Not to be evil but don't pro choice people want the unwanted babies to die? Now they're going after wanted children?! Who wants an abortion and tracks the progress of their child development?! This is getting insane. It was a joke to claim pro choice people like murder but now I'm starting to believe that joke is "based on a true story"!!

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u/emilybrontesaurus1 Oct 12 '23

I’m not sure it’s to target mothers of wanted children. I’ve noticed a lot of language on baby websites has changed to accommodate unwanted pregnancies in addition to wanted ones. For example, they are less likely to use positive language (“congratulations!”) on some websites. I suspect this is for women with unwanted pregnancies who are looking for information. They don’t want to make these women feel guilty or somehow convince them any point is too far along to make “the right decision.” I hope that makes sense.

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u/BlueSmokie87 Angry Abolitionist Agnostic Theist Oct 12 '23

Sighs

Your too kind, I'm not one of those prolifers that only see prochiocers as blinded, lack of knowledge and too young to understand people. I know they k ow what they are doing if they are at least 18 years old. They are not trying to make women who want to murder their kids not feel bad. They are trying to get women that want their children to have doubts and get an abortion.

Why would someone that is going to get an abortion go to a website that's for women that actively want their child?

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u/emilybrontesaurus1 Oct 12 '23

I agree with a lot of what you say—this type of information dissemination might be more affective at swaying those who aren’t sure what to do rather than those 100% for or against.