Since the AI Boom, it has become more and more difficult to believe your own eyes. Images and videos that seem “too good to be true” (or “too bad”) often turn out to be just that: untrue.
These images are so graphic. How could they be real?
The sum of God’s own Word is truth.1 Because of this, Tiny Heartbeat Ministries is committed to using only real photographs of abortion victims, never AI images.
Context and Sources point toward the same truth: these images are real and not AI. The best AI detection tools also show this.
Context
What Unborn Babies Look Like
If you have seen an ultrasound2 before, you know that unborn babies at 10 weeks already look a lot like a tiny version of a born baby. Babies removed from ectopic pregnancies (such as the one pictured below, right3) also show what we look like during the earliest days of our lives.
Well-known pro-abortion sources, such as the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, confirm that unborn babies have
fingers, toes, and a developing brain and heart4 by the end of the second month of pregnancy. Rather than being a clump of cells or a tumor, we are unique, distinct beings.
What Abortion Does
The abortion pills starve and suffocate the baby,5 then induce labor,6 often over the toilet. Surgical abortions tear the baby apart limb from limb.7, 8, 9
Knowing what unborn humans look like and how abortion procedures work, what do you think an unborn human would look like after an abortion?
Sources
What About AI Detection?
Quality AI detection models show that both the unborn and post-abortive photos we use are real. SightEngine,17 for example, boasts 98% accuracy from an external study by the University of Rochester and the University of Kansas. Is It AI?18 also boasts a detection rate of over 99% and allows users to publish their results. Both sites show that virtually all of our photos are not AI. Not all AI detection tools are created equal. When using an AI detector, look for independent tests of the tool with real accuracy percentages and not just big claims.
Conclusion
These photos are not AI. They are real photographs of unborn and aborted human beings.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Pro-abortion advocates often mislabel the photos as AI because abortion protests itself. Anyone who sees a baby’s limbs ripped from his body immediately knows that nothing could justify this horror.
So what should you do?
"Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out."
Acts 3:19
God promises to forgive those who repent (to turn away) from their sins and trust in Jesus Christ. His sinless life, death on the cross, and resurrection three days later has paid for your sins one thousand times over, if you will rely on His payment for sin instead of your own. Trying to “do better” without Christ will not make things right, for “without faith, it is impossible to please God.”19
Then treat unborn humans with the same dignity you give adults, not letting blessing and cursing come from the same mouth.20
Endnotes
[1] Psalm 119:160
[2] Häggström, Mikael. “File:Movements at gestational age of 9 weeks.gif” Wikimedia Commons, April 8, 2014. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Movements_at_gestational_age_of_9_weeks.gif.
[3] Caustic, Lunar. “Embryo 7 – 8 Weeks.” Flickr, August 7, 2013. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lunarcaustic/9458244793/in/album-72157617368698808.
[4] “Changes during Pregnancy.” ACOG, November 2023. https://www.acog.org/womens-health/infographics/changes-during-pregnancy.
[5] Johnson, Noreen, MD. “1st Trimester Abortion | The Abortion Pill | What Is Abortion?” YouTube, June 14, 2022. https://youtu.be/gnEHZiud8dg?si=4bw3Xz_91t-zIX2h.
[6] “How Does the Abortion Pill Work? | Abortion Pill Function.” Planned Parenthood. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/the-abortion-pill/how-does-the-abortion-pill-work.
[7] McMillan, Beverly, MD. “1st Trimester Abortion | Suction Dilation and Curettage (D&C) | What Is Abortion?” YouTube, June 14, 2022. https://youtu.be/gnEHZiud8dg?si=HzCRS0N3C72uSeo-.
[8] Bamforth, Kelli. “How Are Late-Term Abortions Performed? It’s a Straightforward Medical Procedure.” Romper, February 20, 2024. https://www.romper.com/life/late-term-abortion-methods.
[9] For late-term abortions, the baby receives a lethal injection and is delivered dead but whole: Tufa, Tesfaye H, Sarah Prager, Antonella F Lavelanet, and Caron Kim. “Drugs Used to Induce Fetal Demise Prior to Abortion: A Systematic Review.” Contraception: X, November 9, 2020. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7689273/.
[10] “Justice for the Five.” Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising. Accessed December 30, 2025. https://paaunow.org/justiceforthefive.
[11] Terzo, Sarah. “She Took the Abortion Pill, Then Saw Her 7-Week-Old Baby.” Live Action, May 6, 2016. https://www.liveaction.org/news/she-took-abortion-pill-then-saw-her-seven-week-old-baby.
[12] “What’s Wrong with Abortion?” Created Equal, October 30, 2025. https://www.createdequal.org/whats-wrong-with-abortion/#_ftn1.
[13] “Photographer Affidavit,” August 25, 2012. https://www.createdequal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/photographer_affidavit.pdf
[14] Levatino, Anthony, MD, JD. “Abortionist Statement,” August 20, 2012. https://www.createdequal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/abortionist_statement.pdf
[15] “Verifying Photograph Authenticity.” Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, November 11, 2025. https://abortionno.org/lawsuits/verifying-photograph-authenticity/.
[16] “Home.” Education Resource Fund, December 5, 2025. https://erf.science/.
[17] “AI Image Detector. Detect AI-Generated Media at Scale.” Sightengine. Accessed December 30, 2025. https://sightengine.com/detect-ai-generated-images.
[18] “AI Image Detector – Detect AI-Generated Images Instantly: Is It Ai?” Is It AI? | AI Detection Made Simple, May 7, 2025. https://isitai.com/ai-image-detector/.
[19] Hebrews 11:6
[20] James 3:10
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