Republicans push federal `heartbeat` bill in longshot bid to overturn Roe v Wade

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Porter has pushed for heartbeat bills on the state level and aided in crafting the first heartbeat bills in Ohio. Heartbeat bills have been introduced and fizzled out in such conservative strongholds as Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas and Wyoming. Roe prohibits laws that ban abortion wholesale before the fetus is viable, at around 24 weeks. The measure is modeled after legislation that failed in Ohio that aimed to ban abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Now, he`s making it happen | Lucia Graves Read more?The heartbeat bill is the first step to ?make America safe again? for every child whose heartbeat can be heard,? said Porter, who helped design the bill.