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On Wednesday, an Alabama Senate Committee voted 7-1 to approve a bill<\/a> that would ban abortion after fetal heartbeat.<\/p>\n

The bill would make it a felony for a doctor to abort a\u00a0baby whose heartbeat had been detected.\u00a0Exceptions are\u00a0made for cases\u00a0in which the\u00a0mother’s life is in danger, cases of ectopic pregnancy, and cases of lethal anomaly in the fetus.<\/p>\n

Terri LaPoint, a supporter of the bill,\u00a0pointed\u00a0out\u00a0\u00a0advances in\u00a0research that allow for\u00a0a modern understanding of fetal development – an understanding which has changed since the days of Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“We know what babies look like,” she said. “We know by 12 weeks they are fully developed, just growing. They are people.”<\/p>\n

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Oddly, opponents of the bill either don’t seem to understand basic biology or truly believe that a preborn child is a part of his mother’s body:<\/p>\n

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“I don\u2019t understand the obsession with the heartbeat,” said Xandi Andersen of Montgomery, who spoke against the bill. “There\u2019s nothing magical that happens in pregnancy that makes the woman\u2019s body anybody\u2019s but her own.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A similar bill failed to pass in Alabama last year. Related bills have been struck down by federal courts, but supporters have indicated willingness to go to court over the abortion ban if necessary.<\/p>\n

In addition to the fetal heartbeat abortion ban, a bill banning<\/a> the sale of aborted baby parts also cleared the committee. Both bills now pass to the full Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, an Alabama Senate Committee voted 7-1 to approve a bill that would ban abortion after fetal heartbeat. The bill would make it a felony for a doctor to abort a\u00a0baby whose heartbeat had been detected.\u00a0Exceptions are\u00a0made for cases\u00a0in which the\u00a0mother’s life is in danger, cases of ectopic pregnancy, and cases of lethal anomaly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":58029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[7825,695,7824,1481,721],"yoast_head":"\nAlabama: Ban on abortions after fetal heartbeat passes Senate Health Committee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The bill would make it a felony to abort a baby with a detectable heartbeat. 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