{"id":261250,"date":"2022-01-24T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T22:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=261250"},"modified":"2022-01-21T20:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T02:14:24","slug":"arizona-ban-abortion-heartbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arizona-ban-abortion-heartbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona bill would restrict abortion once a preborn child’s heartbeat can be detected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Arizona lawmaker has introduced a heartbeat bill that would prohibit most abortions in the state after a preborn child’s heartbeat is detected.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Teresa Martinez introduced H.B. 2483<\/a>, the Arizona Heartbeat Act at the beginning of the legislative session earlier this month. The bill is very similar to the Texas Heartbeat Act, currently under review in the courts. Should it pass, it would prohibit abortions after about six weeks, which is when most ultrasound equipment can detect a preborn child’s heartbeat. It would also allow private citizens to sue violators of the law, with a $10,000 bounty for anyone who successfully reports a violation; however, it does stipulate that\u00a0“[n]otwithstanding any other law, a civil action under this section may not be brought by a person who impregnated the abortion patient through an act of sexual assault or incest.”<\/p>\n

The bill does include exceptions for cases of rape and incest. But far from what is often claimed, abortion does not undo the horrific violence of rape, and instead subjects the mother to even more trauma and violence while killing her child. Many women<\/a> have spoken out about deeply regretting<\/a> abortion after rape.<\/p>\n

READ: Female Nebraska senator receives rape and death threats over heartbeat legislation<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n