{"id":28343,"date":"2026-03-25T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=28343"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:40:57","slug":"facebook-user-deletes-claim-after-dubawas-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/facebook-user-deletes-claim-after-dubawas-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook user deletes claim after DUBAWA\u2019s fact check\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Facebook user, Osuchukwu Jane Ezeakolam, has deleted her <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17uyM8NWdz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> after DUBAWA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/sperm-quality-affects-fertility-and-miscarriage-risk-not-womens-appearance-during-pregnancy\/\">fact-check<\/a>. DUBAWA observed that the post was no longer available when we checked again a month later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 29, 2026, Jane Ezeakolam shared an image of a pregnant woman (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/save\/https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/ezeakolam.jane\/posts\/pfbid0HgesSzsbKoSaLNhPgJRU3gYRPBrc2QDdsc8CibWMQyQ2eBYwtg6KFNafhdTQUCuWl?rdid=xjs82pqEVMudazwM#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived here<\/a>) to show how pregnancy changes a person.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She wrote, \u201cFor a woman to look disfigured during pregnancy, it\u2019s the quality of the man\u2019s sperm \u2026. Men put our body through a lot of horrors \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comment section was filled with users who agreed, questioned, and disagreed with the claim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to scientific studies, sperm does not cause physical changes, such as the enlargement of a woman\u2019s nose during pregnancy. Although scientific evidence and expert opinions show that poor sperm quality can affect fertility outcomes, it does not directly impact a woman\u2019s body or physical appearance during pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Facebook user, Osuchukwu Jane Ezeakolam, has deleted her post after DUBAWA\u2019s fact-check. DUBAWA observed that the post was no longer available when we checked again a month later.&nbsp; On Jan. 29, 2026, Jane Ezeakolam shared an image of a pregnant woman (archived here) to show how pregnancy changes a person.&nbsp; She wrote, \u201cFor a woman to look disfigured during pregnancy, it\u2019s the quality of the man\u2019s sperm \u2026. Men put our body through a lot of horrors \u2026\u201d The comment section was filled with users who agreed, questioned, and disagreed with the claim.&nbsp; According to scientific studies, sperm does not cause physical changes, such as the enlargement of a woman\u2019s nose during pregnancy. Although scientific evidence and expert opinions show that poor sperm quality can affect fertility outcomes, it does not directly impact a woman\u2019s body or physical appearance during pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,3812,3815,123],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3793],"class_list":["post-28343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-headline","category-homepage","category-mainstream"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-7n9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3793,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"lademi-aborisade","display_name":"Lademi Aborisade","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-56.jpeg?fit=274%2C184&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28345,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28343\/revisions\/28345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28343"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=28343"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=28343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}