Texas governor signs ‘heartbeat’ bill into law catholicnewsagency.com

The governor of Texas on Wednesday signed a ban on most abortions conducted after the detection of a fetal heartbeat.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed SB 8, a bill prohibiting doctors from performing abortions unless they first search for a fetal heartbeat, which can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy. If doctors were to detect a heartbeat, under the legislation they could not perform an abortion except in a medical emergency.

The law is enforced exclusively through private civil action, not by the government…

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