{"id":252640,"date":"2021-09-06T06:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=252640"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:41:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T18:41:31","slug":"top-8-myths-texas-abortion-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/top-8-myths-texas-abortion-law\/","title":{"rendered":"The top 8 myths about the new Texas abortion law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2021\/09\/02\/the-top-8-myths-about-the-new-texas-abortion-law\/\">Students for Life of America<\/a>) Texas has enacted the nation\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/87R\/billtext\/html\/SB00008F.htm\">Heartbeat Act (SB 8)<\/a>, a law that prohibits abortionists from killing preborn babies after a heartbeat is able to be detected by medical equipment. The heartbeat of gestating humans begins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Fulltext\/501906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">around 21 days<\/a> after fertilization as the heart is one of the first organs to form.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpdY97GOK2I\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The law is unique as it empowers individuals to file suit against abortionists who are caught breaking the law and killing babies with heartbeats. Due to this ingenious addition, \u201cBig Abortion\u201d has had no one to sue (their favorite legal tool) to stop the law from taking effect. The power is with the people.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion industry, which is unaccustomed to not getting their way, is employing their second-favorite tactic \u2013 fear-mongering \u2013 in an attempt to misinform about the law, what it actually does, and its ramifications. Here are the top myths and facts about <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/87R\/billtext\/html\/SB00008F.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas\u2019s Heartbeat Act<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><b><span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">1. \u201c<\/span>It\u2019s the \u2018Wild West\u2019 as Vigilante Justice is Unleashed\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No, the Heartbeat Law does not entail a cops and robbers scenario of pro-lifers chasing women around with citations. It empowers individuals to do what law enforcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reprotection.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refuses to do nationwide<\/a> \u2013 hold abortionists accountable to the laws that Americans have passed.<\/p>\n<p>American abortionists are treated as a special class of citizens. <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> granted special legal privileges to them. Adam Macleod made a good point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/08\/roe-v-wade-granted-special-privileges-to-abortionists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a piece at National Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThe Court\u2019s abortion precedents immunize abortionists from basic legal accountability such as general medical regulations, professional oversight, common-law protections for bodily integrity, and other laws that would protect women and children from harm and which apply to all other medical professionals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">The Texas law has two main parts: it\u2019s illegal to kill babies with heartbeats, and individuals are allowed to report violations of that law (something that pro-abortion law enforcement has refused to do).<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">In the words of Texas Right to Life\u2019s John Seago, talking with <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2021\/09\/texas-abortion-ban-supreme-court\/619953\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2021%2F09%2Ftexas-abortion-ban-supreme-court%2F619953%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cblewis%40studentsforlife.org%7Ce73350542b8a420e957708d96e24c67b%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637661926496690764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=e3JumunKznLSjof1IQgXUatGxYLu%2BGAL9wT8csK9dgQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"0\">the Atlantic<\/a>, because of the nonenforcement of legally passed laws, other measures were considered:<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u2026<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>Atlantic:<\/strong><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019m curious why your legal approach here was not a full-frontal attack on<span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Roe, but rather to create a private right of action for citizens so they can sue abortion providers. What was the motivation behind that approach?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Seago:<\/strong><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>There are two main motivations. The first one is lawless district attorneys that the pro-life movement has dealt with for years. In October, district attorneys from around the country<span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/crime-law\/2020\/10\/14\/coalition-prosecutors-attorneys-general-across-us-vow-not-enforce-antiabortion-laws\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fcrime-law%2F2020%2F10%2F14%2Fcoalition-prosecutors-attorneys-general-across-us-vow-not-enforce-antiabortion-laws%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cblewis%40studentsforlife.org%7Ce73350542b8a420e957708d96e24c67b%7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a%7C0%7C0%7C637661926496695738%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VHXgJEd2ojCNLosVbMVP23E4a1hrBQLe4PGlQtVeENk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"1\">publicly signed a letter<\/a><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>saying they will not enforce pro-life laws. They said that even if<span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Roe v. Wade<span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>is overturned, they are not going to use resources holding the abortion industry to account. That shows that the best way to get a pro-life policy into effect is not by imposing criminal penalties, but civil liability.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The second is that the pro-life movement is extremely frustrated with activist judges at the district level who are not doing their job to adjudicate conflicts between parties, but who in fact go out of their way to score ideological points\u2014blocking pro-life laws because they think they violate the Constitution or pose undue burdens. \u2026<span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">Plus\u2026 nothing stops law enforcement from doing their job so that the general population doesn\u2019t have to. Their dereliction of duty forced the hand of Americans who stand strong to protect the most vulnerable population of our fellow countrymen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><b>2. <\/b><b>\u201cThe Law Punishes Women\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">No, it does not. The Texas law clearly identifies that the party who does the actual killing or aids or abets the killing of the child with the heartbeat is the guilty party. The pro-life movement has consistently opposed penalizing women, instead considering them to be the second victim of abortion. Never in American history have women been punished for abortion \u2013 even prior to 1973\u2019s <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2007\/08\/one-untrue-thing-nro-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cContrary to the pervasive myth that women were prosecuted for abortion before Roe, consistent state abortion policy for a century before\u00a0Roe was not to prosecute women. Abortionists were the exclusive target of the law [\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>[\u2026] the irony is that in nearly all of the reported court cases explicitly addressing the issue of whether a woman was an accomplice\u00a0to her abortion, it was the\u00a0abortionist (not the prosecutor) who pushed the courts to treat the woman as an accomplice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Long story short, not a single woman has ever been legally punished for abortion and this law will not change that. The abortion industry takes advantage of women, communicating false information and pushing for an abortion sale. They coldly use their medical training to end lives, not in a moment of crisis, but as a business designed to take advantage of a woman who may be in a personal crisis.<\/p>\n<p>This specific point, the punishment of women, is the biggest fear weapon the abortion industry has in their arsenal and they\u2019re going to milk every last drop out of it. It\u2019s an effort to demonize a movement of Americans who work extremely hard (and quite effectively) to provide community support to women in crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/americans-really-support-roe-v-wade-answer-complex\/\">Do Americans really support Roe v. Wade? The answer is complex.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">\u00a0<b>3. \u201cW<\/b><b>omen Who Miscarry Will be in Legal Danger\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">Not even close. This bizarre (but hopefully well-intended) argument has been tried in the past but the truth remains: miscarriage and abortion are <em>radically <\/em>different and good pro-life laws, like this one, reflect that truth. A miscarriage is a natural and often unexplained loss that often requires follow-up medical care. An abortion is the deliberate, intentional destruction of a living human being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">The point is moot anyway as the law does not go after women at all, regardless of how their baby passes. If a woman visits a medical facility during or after a miscarriage, she will be treated and not questioned. If a woman visits a medical facility after an abortion, she will be treated and not questioned. Women will not be punished \u2013 period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b>4. \u201cTexas is Going to Have an Epidemic of Unwanted Kids\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">States and communities are stepping up to the challenge of caring for women and their children \u2013 born and preborn. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/why-we-dont-need-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 2,700 pregnancy help centers<\/a> nationwide which offer free services to those in need like material assistance, aid in job seeking, parenting classes, ultrasounds by credentialed sonographers who donate their time, adoption assistance, and more. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/optionline.org\/center-locator?view=map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about 40 of these centers<\/a> in Texas alone, which doesn\u2019t even include Federally Qualified Health Centers. Students for Life has located at least 75 organizations or ministries that exist to serve women in need.<\/p>\n<p>Texas has also invested $100 million into their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.texas.gov\/services\/health\/women-children\/alternatives-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternatives to Abortion Program,<\/a> as well as increased funding for\u00a0<em>real\u00a0<\/em>healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Students for Life is on the ground in all 50 states, including Texas, and spends many hours door knocking in Texas communities to make sure that local families know about the pregnancy resources available to them. See Students for Life\u2019s\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.standingwithyou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Standing With You Initiative<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>for more. Plus, Students for Life groups in Texas have upped their volunteer hours in a huge way to support women and families in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">Here\u2019s a hot take, though: it clearly isn\u2019t the case, but say Texas wasn\u2019t economically or practically ready for a possible birthrate increase. The solution of civilized people is not to kill whomever is economically inconvenient; it\u2019s to come together and devise the best solutions to support people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-lQOooYAs8\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><b>5. \u201cThe Texas Law Killed\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade\u00a0<\/em>so Now the Mississippi Case Doesn\u2019t Matter\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">Texas\u2019s Heartbeat Act, in the words of SFLA President Kristan Hawkins, was the sledgehammer we needed to demolish <em>Roe. <\/em>But the landmark abortion decision is still intact and the upcoming Mississippi case, <em>Dobbs v. Jackson, <\/em>is still an extremely important next step in reversing <em>Roe <\/em>and returning the question of abortion\u2019s legality back to the states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\">The Supreme Court\u2019s decision to let the Heartbeat Act stand did not address the fundamental problems with abortion through all nine months, for any reason at all, and sometimes with taxpayer funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2016\/10\/27\/abortion-late-term-legal-donald-trump-column\/92778238\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> allows<\/a>. The upcoming case that SCOTUS will hear out of Mississippi, however, does pose an actual challenge to <em>Roe <\/em>as it assesses the overall legality of limiting pre-viability abortions. <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action will be very active in educational and activism efforts as the\u00a0<em>Dobbs v. Jackson\u00a0<\/em>case approaches, potentially in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><b>6. <\/b><b>\u201cNow the Heartbeat Act is Safe\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\">Perhaps for now. But Corporate Abortion and their political friends are arguing for codifying <em>Roe<\/em>. This would completely silence Americans and states and force one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/10\/09\/is-the-united-states-one-of-seven-countries-that-allow-elective-abortions-after-20-weeks-of-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extreme abortion policies<\/a><span class=\"x_Apple-converted-space\"> in the world. We stand among the likes of China and North Korea on abortion policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_subheading\">Catholic President Joe Biden has promised to \u201cprotect and defend\u201d abortion. He said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/09\/01\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-texas-law-sb8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a White House statement on September 1st<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cToday, Texas law SB8 went into effect. This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under\u00a0Roe v. Wade\u00a0and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Fellow pro-abortion politicians in Washington, D.C. are also calling for passage of the Women\u2019s Health Protection Act which is another way to try to force abortion on Americans from the top down. Challenges have been held off for now, but pro-life advocates and legislators must remain vigilant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u201cWill Disproportionately Impact People of Color\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The abortion industry says that like it\u2019s a bad thing. They deliberately <em>target\u00a0<\/em>people of color for abortion sales. Here\u2019s why Planned Parenthood (the ringleader of the abortion industry) is awfully bold for using this as an argument:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectingblacklife.org\/pp_targets\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">80% of Planned Parenthood\u2019s abortion facilities<\/a>\u00a0are located in minority neighborhoods.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeissues.org\/2017\/06\/planned-parenthood-minority-targeting-goes-overdrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">88% of its new \u201cmega facilities\u201d<\/a> are located within walking distance of minority neighborhoods.<\/li>\n<li>Black women have the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/gpr\/2008\/08\/abortion-and-women-color-bigger-picture#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highest abortion rate<\/a>\u00a0by far (nearly\u00a0<em>half<\/em>\u00a0of pregnancies end in abortion in many places).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/68\/ss\/ss6811a1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abortion ratio<\/a>\u00a0is 401 abortions per 1,000 live births.<\/li>\n<li>In some cities, like New York,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lets-talk-about-the-black-abortion-rate-1531263697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more black babies are aborted<\/a>\u00a0than born. [<em>LAN Editor&#8217;s Note: The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-black-births-outnumber-black-babies-aborted-new-york-city-first-time-years\/\">latest data<\/a> concludes that this trend may be changing for the better.<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>In America today, a black child is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/gpr\/2008\/08\/abortion-and-women-color-bigger-picture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five times more likely<\/a>\u00a0to be killed in the womb than a white child. [<em>LAN Editor&#8217;s Note: The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cdc-abortions-decline-black-women-extremely-high\/\">latest data<\/a> indicates that the Black abortion rate has decreased, and a Black child is now just over 3 times more likely to be aborted than a white child.<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>About 13% of American women are Black, but they submit to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/68\/ss\/ss6811a1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 38% of the abortions<\/a>. [<i>LAN Correction: <\/i><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cdc-abortions-decline-black-women-extremely-high\/\">Updated statistics<\/a><i> show that Black Americans make up 12% of the population and\u00a0Black women have just over 33% of all abortions.<\/i>]<\/li>\n<li>More Black Americans have died from abortion than from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/fastats\/black-health.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIDS, accidents, violent crimes, cancer, and heart disease<\/a> combined. It\u2019s estimated that over <a href=\"https:\/\/azcapitoltimes.com\/news\/2020\/02\/25\/abortion-the-overlooked-tragedy-for-black-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">19 million<\/a>\u00a0Black babies have been killed by abortion since its legalization.<\/li>\n<li>Since 1973, abortion has reduced the Black population by over 25%.*<em>*Arrived at by multiplying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/US\/PST045217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an estimated population<\/a> total of 325,719,178 by 13.4%.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/tonimcfadden\/2020\/12\/14\/as-a-black-woman-with-a-voice-i-must-fight-to-save-my-race-n2581509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to read a powerful op ed by Toni McFadden, \u201cAs a Black Woman with a Voice, I Must Fight to Save My Race.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. \u201cIt\u2019s Radical and Has No Exceptions\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that it has no exceptions, but it is not radical. KFF, a notably liberal healthcare analysis entity,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/report-section\/abortion-knowledge-and-attitudes-kff-polling-and-policy-insights-findings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported that half of Americans<\/a>\u00a0support limiting abortion after a baby\u2019s heartbeat is able to be heard via ultrasound or doppler. HALF of Americans is not at all insignificant.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, there are no exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother, perceived disability of the child, etc. in this iteration of Heartbeat Bill. This is consistency, not extremism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUEomZ-O7t0\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To say that abortion is wrong means that abortion is wrong 100% of the time. Survivors of sexual assault deserve compassion and support, not further violence. A true threat to the mother\u2019s well-being need not be solved by abortion. And all human beings are equally valuable, regardless of the circumstances of their conception or their perceived abilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/healthcare\/217573-what-about-rape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for more on rape and abortion.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/what-about-the-health-of-the-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for more on life of the mother and abortion.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/prenatal-diagnosis-fetal-anomaly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for more on fetal abnormality and abortion.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a lot of cases on social media and in the news in the upcoming weeks, criticism towards the Heartbeat Act is likely just part of a large-scale tantrum. But there are also many well-intentioned question askers with genuine concerns about it. These concerns are valid and must be met with civilized, educated dialogue that helps move us all forward.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was published at <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2021\/09\/02\/the-top-8-myths-about-the-new-texas-abortion-law\/\">Students for Life of America<\/a>&#8216;s blog and is reprinted here with permission.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Students for Life of America) Texas has enacted the nation\u2019s first Heartbeat Act (SB 8), a law that prohibits abortionists from killing preborn babies after a heartbeat is able to be detected by medical equipment. 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