Baby Killers Attack Texas Heartbeat Bill
Two months after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning abortion as early as six weeks, more than 20 abortion providers responded with a lawsuit against top Texas officials aimed at stopping one of the country's strictest abortion measures to date. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Known as the "heartbeat bill," Senate Bill 8 was heavily criticized because it limits abortion to two weeks after a missed menstrual cycle, a time when some women don't yet know they're pregnant. It aims to ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, which is considered a misnomer as a fetus doesn't possess a heart at six weeks' gestation. Read more...