Texas just passed a new pro-life bill that would ban abortions as early as six weeks!

by The Right Scoop

Texas has just passed a new pro-life bill that would ban abortions as early as six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat is detected:

DC EXAMINER – A Texas bill that would ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected is heading to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott, who has vowed to sign the measure.

The Texas Heartbeat Act cleared the Senate on Thursday 18-12 after passing the House 83-64 on May 6. It forbids providers from performing or inducing “an abortion on a pregnant woman unless the physician has determined” that a fetal heartbeat is not present, excluding medical emergencies.

The legislation would also allow Lone Star State residents to sue those who conduct abortions in the state if they violate the provisions.

The Texas Senate Research Center determined that abortions could be banned as early as six weeks into fetal development.

“The Texas Heartbeat Act is the strongest Pro-Life bill passed by the Legislature since Roe v. Wade,” said Rebecca Parma, the organization’s senior legislative associate.

Abbott tweeted this yesterday:

I’m quite certain he will sign it, just as I am certain the pro-abortion advocates like Joe Biden will sue Texas to stop the bill. In fact that has to be built into the calculus, knowing full well it will march it’s way up to the Supreme Court, which will hopefully hear it and rule in favor of it.


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