The Louisiana state Senate on Monday advanced a « heartbeat » abortion bill that would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six…
The Louisiana state Senate on Monday advanced a « heartbeat » abortion bill that would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
The bill passed 31-5 and now heads to the state’s House of Representatives, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported.
The bill will only go into effect if courts uphold a similar law in Mississippi, after state senators added a “trigger” clause that would make the bill dependent on the outcome of legal challenges to that state’s heartbeat law.
