Missouri governor Mike Parson is expected to sign an eight-week abortion ban into law. Ohio: Ohio’s heartbeat bill was signed by the state’s governor in mid-April and limits abortions after five weeks. Kentucky: Kentucky’s six-week abortion ban was signed into law in February, and has already been blocked by a federal judge. Iowa also passed its own heartbeat bill in 2018, which is now making its way through the courts. States considering heartbeat bills or similar lawsLawmakers in five states introduced heartbeat legislation in February, which is currently being hashed out in committees.

Source: Forbes May 16, 2019 19:08 UTC