![]() And, yes, it’s true that detection of cardiac rhythm is a marker for the health of a pregnancy and a good sign that it’ll continue-that, if everything works out, it’ll result in the birth of a living baby. These bills generally say that a “fetal heartbeat” helps predict whether a pregnancy will result in a living baby the model legislation many states use refers to that fetal cardiac activity as a marker of “an unborn human individual,” defining a moment where alive-ness starts. What the bills call a heartbeat-it's not that. Less straightforward, though, is the science. ![]() So they advocate for increasingly draconian laws that walk up to that line. Some Americans would like to ban abortion altogether, but the Supreme Court says that’s unconstitutional. The political aim of so-called heartbeat bills is pretty clear. They’re all part of a nationwide push, with more than 300 bills in 2019, to try to make the procedure illegal. It’s not even the most aggressive anti-abortion concept the Alabama state senate is set to vote today on a bill that, if it became law, would make performing an abortion a crime punishable by up to 99 years in prison. That made Georgia the sixth state to institute such a ban, and the fourth this year (Ohio’s elected officials put theirs in place in April), with seven more states kicking around the idea. Last week, Georgia governor Brian Kemp-the narrow winner over Stacey Abrams in a contentious, sketchy election last year- signed into law a ban on abortions after more than six weeks of pregnancy. ![]()
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