Twitter users baffled after Stacey Abrams claims no fetal heartbeat at six weeks: 'Wild conspiracy theory'

Social media erupted Thursday after a viral clip emerged of Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams telling an audience there was "no such thing" as a fetal heartbeat six weeks into a pregnancy. 

"There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks," Abrams said at an event at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. "It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman's body."

Pro-life social media users promptly criticized Abrams, accusing her of spreading medical disinformation as a means to back up her pro-choice stance.