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"Once a heartbeat is detected, the child is protected."
<small><center>''See also [[Heartbeat Bill litigation]]''.</center></small>
<small><center>''See also [[Heartbeat Bill litigation]]''.</center></small>
The '''Heartbeat Bill''' is [[pro-life]] legislation originating with activist Janet Porter in [[Ohio]], which prohibits [[abortion]] once the heartbeat of the unborn child is detectable.<ref>Newman, Alex (April 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32041-pro-life-heartbeat-bills-seek-to-rein-in-abortion-across-u-s Pro-life “Heartbeat” Bills Seek to Rein In Abortion Across U.S.] ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref> A heartbeat develops in an unborn child typically in the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy. A federal version of the bill, H.R. 490, was introduced in Congress in 2017 by Rep. [[Steve King]], but blocked from a floor vote in the [[House of Representatives]]. A total of 173 congressmen have signed on as co-sponsors of the Heartbeat Bill, H.R. 490, as of July 27, 2018.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/490/cosponsors</ref>
The '''Heartbeat Bill''' is [[pro-life]] legislation originating with activist Janet Porter in [[Ohio]], which prohibits [[abortion]] once the heartbeat of the unborn child is detectable.<ref>Newman, Alex (April 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32041-pro-life-heartbeat-bills-seek-to-rein-in-abortion-across-u-s Pro-life “Heartbeat” Bills Seek to Rein In Abortion Across U.S.] ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref> "Once a heartbeat is detected, the child is protected."
A heartbeat develops in an unborn child typically in the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy. A federal version of the bill, H.R. 490, was introduced in Congress in 2017 by Rep. [[Steve King]], but blocked from a floor vote in the [[House of Representatives]]. A total of 173 congressmen have signed on as co-sponsors of the Heartbeat Bill, H.R. 490, as of July 27, 2018.<ref>https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/490/cosponsors</ref>
Fourteen states have passed a Heartbeat Bill as of April 28, 2021, including in Idaho and Oklahoma in April 2021, and South Carolina on February 18, 2021. Texas enacted a version of the bill in May 2021 which is based on private enforcement rather than state enforcement, which frustrated attempts by [[pro-abort]]s to block the bill. Heartbeat Bills have been enacted in all of these states:
Fourteen states have passed a Heartbeat Bill as of April 28, 2021, including in Idaho and Oklahoma in April 2021, and South Carolina on February 18, 2021. Texas enacted a version of the bill in May 2021 which is based on private enforcement rather than state enforcement, which frustrated attempts by [[pro-abort]]s to block the bill. Heartbeat Bills have been enacted in all of these states: