{"id":296889,"date":"2023-08-23T06:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=296889"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T18:53:35","slug":"planned-parenthood-appeals-ruling-uphold-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-appeals-ruling-uphold-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that upheld pro-life Nebraska law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the AP<\/a>, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH) has appealed a judge’s ruling that upheld a pro-life Nebraska law protecting preborn children from abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

The appeal was filed to the Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday by Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nebraska a week after a Lancaster County District Court judge rejected<\/a> Planned Parenthood’s challenge to LB 574<\/a>, or the ‘Let Them Grow Act,’ under the Nebraska Constitution’s single-subject rule, which states that “[n]o bill shall contain more than one subject.” LB 574 also protects minors from transgender interventions including so-called “gender reassignment surgery.” The law, however, does allow abortion after 12 weeks if the child was conceived in rape or incest or if the mother experiences a medical emergency (though induced abortion<\/em> \u2014 intentionally killing the preborn children to delivery \u2014 is not medically necessary<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

A preborn child’s heart begins to beat 16-21 days<\/a> following fertilization and her brain waves are detectable by six weeks. By 12 weeks, she can raise her hand to her mouth, her arms have reached their proportionate size, she has taste buds, and her thyroid is producing hormones.<\/p>\n