Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill that would ban abortions the moment a fetal heartbeat is detected, following similar efforts in several other states. The state’s House of Representatives voted 66 to 21 in favor of the bill, which would give pregnant women an approximate six-week window to have an abortion, The Associated Press reported. Opponents of the bill, which does not include an abortion exception for rape or incest victims, argued that most women don’t realize they’re pregnant until the seventh week or later. “This pro-birth agenda is inhumane and irresponsible,” Rep. London Lamar (D) tweeted on Thursday while calling on the state to instead focus its attention on providing additional support for women’s access to health care, education, housing and workplace services.

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2019 22:52 UTC