{"id":1666543,"date":"2022-09-30T11:08:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666543"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:09:29","slug":"katelynn-richardson-planned-parenthoods-sneaky-change-to-fetal-heartbeat-info-is-only-the-latest-example-of-the-orgs-tradition-of-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katelynn-richardson-planned-parenthoods-sneaky-change-to-fetal-heartbeat-info-is-only-the-latest-example-of-the-orgs-tradition-of-de\/","title":{"rendered":"Katelynn Richardson: \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bPlanned Parenthood&#8217;s Sneaky Change to Fetal Heartbeat Info Is Only the Latest Example of the Org&#8217;s Tradition of Deception"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkatelynn-richardson-planned-parenthoods-sneaky-change-to-fetal-heartbeat-info-is-only-the-latest-example-of-the-orgs-tradition-of-de%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"advertisment pb-5 text-center\"><\/div>\n<div>Planned Parenthood was again caught changing its website\u2019s language to align with its own narrative.<\/p>\n<p>A line that used to state that a \u201cvery basic beating heart and circulatory system develop\u201d at six weeks of pregnancy was modified to say the embryo \u201cstarts to show cardiac activity,\u201d emphasizing that it does not have \u201ca fully-formed heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Life News\u00a0<\/i>first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2022\/08\/22\/planned-parenthood-caught-changing-fetal-development-info-calls-babys-beating-heart-cardiac-activity\/\">reported<\/a> the change on August 22. The page was changed sometime after July 25, Web Archive <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220725125403\/https:\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/learn\/pregnancy\/pregnancy-month-by-month\/what-happens-second-month-pregnancy\">shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Media noticed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/planned-parenthood-alters-website-after-stacey-abrams-claim-that-fetal-heartbeats-at-six-weeks-are-manufactured-sound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change<\/a>\u00a0last week soon after Stacey Abrams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1572742298168958977?s=20&amp;t=QnYuiBSx5BYTL08GfLZZdA\">claimed<\/a> there is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. Abrams called it \u201ca manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman\u2019s body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A heartbeat \u201ccan usually be detected\u201d at six weeks, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/articles\/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a>. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7065984\/\">study<\/a> found the average heart rate at that point to be approximately 110 beats per minute.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly In July, soon after <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was overturned<\/a>\u00a0and left-wing media began to suggest that treatment for ectopic pregnancies would soon be in jeopardy, Planned Parenthood\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/3570880-planned-parenthood-website-removes-distinction-between-ectopic-pregnancy-and-abortion\/\">removed<\/a> a sentence that stated, \u201cTreating an ectopic pregnancy isn\u2019t the same thing as getting an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the sentence&#8217;s removal, pro-life advocates had been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-ectopic-treatment-abortion\/\">citing<\/a>\u00a0the Planned Parenthood page to counteract arguments by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2022\/07\/16\/abortion-miscarriage-ectopic-pregnancy-care\/\">media<\/a> and Democrats like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1545505082569117698?s=20&amp;t=zqukcaQnZHnBGJYtdPtNDQ\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) that abortion bans would criminalize treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood explained the change in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/3570880-planned-parenthood-website-removes-distinction-between-ectopic-pregnancy-and-abortion\/\">statement<\/a> to <i>The Hill,<\/i> saying it didn\u2019t want its information to be \u201ctwisted or misrepresented by anti-abortion politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood has removed information from its website before, as <em>Live Action<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-erases-ectopic-pregnancy-abortion\/\">documented<\/a>. In 2015, Margaret Sanger\u2019s name was quietly replaced in the title of an award. In 2017, Planned Parenthood removed several references to providing prenatal care from its website after an investigation revealed few locations actually offer the service, contrary to what the organization claimed.<\/p>\n<p>But the organization\u2019s lies are often more serious than changing a few sentences on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Though it publicly portrays itself as a crucial provider of women\u2019s health care, Planned Parenthood\u2019s own annual reports continue to reveal abortion is its first priority.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/40\/8f\/408fc2ad-c8c2-48da-ad87-be5cc257d370\/211214-ppfa-annualreport-20-21-c3-digital.pdf\">2020-2021 report<\/a> released this month says it performed 383,460 abortions between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020\u2014the largest number recorded. Last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/uploads\/filer_public\/67\/30\/67305ea1-8da2-4cee-9191-19228c1d6f70\/210219-annual-report-2019-2020-web-final.pdf\">report<\/a> recorded 354,871 abortions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbortion is essential health care that cannot wait for the end of a pandemic or the whims of politicians,\u201d the report says. \u201cEvery day, patients walk through the doors of Planned Parenthood health centers, knowing we will be there \u2014 with high quality, compassionate care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Lozier Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2020-2021-annual-report\/#_ftn10\">notes<\/a> that Planned Parenthood has performed nearly 3.4 million abortions in the past ten years. While taxpayer funding has increased by nearly 30% since 2010, cancer screening services have dropped by 74%, prenatal services by 72%, and contraceptive services by 41%.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood received $633.4 million in taxpayer funding during the 2020-2021 period and made about $1.7 billion total from all revenue sources.<\/p>\n<p>Financial interest motivates much of Planned Parenthood\u2019s deceptive language.<\/p>\n<p>While the organization claims in its report that abortions make up just 4% of overall healthcare services, abortion makes up 96.6% of its pregnancy resolution services, per Charlotte Lozier Institute. Adoption referrals account for just 0.5%, at 1,940.<\/p>\n<p>A 2015 Congressional investigation of Planned Parenthood also found that for one affiliate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xmuXbGjyXLc&amp;t=14s\">28% of revenue<\/a> came from abortions and 12% of individuals served received abortions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, The Center for Medical Progress released videos of Planned Parenthood representatives testifying under oath. Their statements contradicted the organization\u2019s previous claims and showed Planned Parenthood had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerformedicalprogress.org\/fetal-trafficking-under-oath\/\">lied to the public<\/a> about its involvement in fetal tissue trafficking and partial-birth abortions.<\/p>\n<p>What Planned Parenthood does publicly by changing facts, it does privately by misleading women seeking help. Live Action\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/what-we-do\/investigations\/medical-misinformation\/\">undercover investigations<\/a> have caught clinic staff attempting to convince women to abort using false information, such as saying a baby\u2019s heartbeat only starts at \u201cseventeen or eighteen weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Parenthood was again caught changing its website\u2019s language to align with its own narrative.A line that used to state that a \u201cvery basic beating heart and circulatory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}