heartbeat. there is no such thing as a heartbeat. it s a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman s body. kayleigh: in response to abrams studying comments, the left rest of her defense, of course, because i wouldn t they? the washington post fact-checker tweeting this. for what it s work, fetal heartbeat is a misnomer. the ultrasound picks up electrical activity generated by an embryo. the so-called heartbeat sound you hear is created by the ultrasound, not until ten weeks can the opening and closing of r machine. wouldn t you know, planned parenthood, they redefined how they see it, too. as recently as july, here s what the abortion provider said in their website about fetal development between 5-6 weeks. a very basic beating heart and circulatory system developed. now it reads this. a part of the embryo starts to show cardiac activity. it sounds like a heartbeat on it ultrasound, but is not a fully formed