{"id":192773,"date":"2018-12-17T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T20:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=192773"},"modified":"2018-12-17T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T20:34:13","slug":"kentucky-lawmaker-heartbeat-bill-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kentucky-lawmaker-heartbeat-bill-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky lawmaker to introduce heartbeat bill: ‘Everyone has a right to life’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the heels of similar legislation passed successfully in Ohio<\/a>,\u00a0Kentucky lawmaker Rep. Robert Goforth prefiled a motion last week to make abortion illegal in Kentucky once a fetal heartbeat has been detected, and it will be considered at the next Kentucky general session beginning on January 8th.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy proposal recognizes that everyone has a right to life,\u201d Goforth told Glasgow Daily Times<\/a>. \u201cMy personal belief is that life begins at conception and ends at natural death. A heartbeat proves that there\u2019s life that deserves protection under law\u2014if a heart is beating, a baby needs to be protected and given an opportunity to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

A baby’s heartbeat begins around 6 weeks gestation<\/a>, but is typically able to be picked up by Doppler 8 to 10 weeks gestation. The proposed legislation would make it a class D felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison<\/a>, for a medical provider to commit an abortion once a heartbeat had been detected, except in cases of medical emergency. (Go here<\/a> to watch a video on why abortion is actually never<\/em> medically necessary, and here<\/a> to learn what abortion isn’t<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0First trimester babies aren\u2019t blobs of tissue \u2014 they\u2019re amazingly complex<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n