(CNN) Missouri is poised to become the latest Republican-led state to enact a strict anti-abortion law, setting up a series of legal battles that could lead to the Supreme Court reconsidering Roe v. Wade. The Missouri House on Friday approved a bill that had already cleared the state Senate, sending it to the desk of Republican Gov. The bill, HB 126, would prohibit abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy -- after a heartbeat is detected -- though many women often don't know they're pregnant in that time. The bill's passage comes days after Alabama's abortion law -- the most restrictive in the country -- was signed by Gov. Alabama Republicans pushed the bill forward with the goal of it going before the Supreme Court, where they hope conservative justices will overturn the landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the US in 1973.

Source: CNN May 17, 2019 17:19 UTC