Leading ‘reproductive justice’ professor insists fetal heartbeats do not exist

(THE COLLEGE FIX) – One of the most visible pro-abortion voices in the nation, a professor at Smith College, is leading the public narrative that insists fetal heartbeats do not exist at six weeks despite medical evidence to the contrary.

Carrie Baker’s faculty bio describes her as a professor of “reproductive justice” and “feminist public writing." She also writes regularly for the feminist Ms. magazine, has a monthly column in the Massachusetts-based Daily Hampshire Gazette, and trains scholars to write for the popular media, her personal website states.

In the wake of the passage and implementation of Texas’ pro-life heartbeat bill, Baker has taken up the relatively new drumbeat by some medical professors that fetal heartbeats do not exist at six weeks gestation.

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