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DETAILS: If It Beats, You Keep! New Bill Bans Abortion If Fetus Has A Heartbeat
The Arkansas Senate voted to override a veto of a near-ban of abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy. The vote also backed a separate measure that would outlaw the procedures in most cases beginning in the 12th week.
The law, which took effect immediately, is based on the claim that fetuses can feel pain by that point.
The 19-14 vote was led by the majority Republican Senate to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of the 20-week bill.
According to Huffington Post:
Minutes after overriding Beebe’s veto, the Senate’s voted 26-8 in support of the measure that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 12th week of pregnancy, sending it to Beebe for consideration. He must decide by next week whether to sign or veto it.
Rita Sklar, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, said she was disappointed with the Senate’s override and said her group was now looking at suing the state over the new restriction.
“We are going to do everything within our power to protect the health and reproductive decision-making abilities of women and in this case that includes looking very carefully at litigation,” she said.
For Beebe, the new law contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion until a fetus can viably survive outside of the womb, which is typically at 22 to 24 weeks.
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He believes the state will waste money trying to defend it.
Is the new legislation too restrictive?
SOURCE: Huffington Post
