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Supreme Court will take up Mississippi abortion case
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to hear arguments on Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, the most significant challenge to Roe v. Wade in a generation.Lucas Jackson/Reuters, FILE
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, in what abortion rights advocates have called one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed a bill that would ban abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That’s as early as six weeks’ gestation, before many people know they are pregnant, making the bill a de facto ban on nearly all abortions.
The law contains an exception for medical emergencies, but no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
“Our creator endowed us with the right to life and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion,” Abbott said in signing the bill. “The heartbeat bill is now law in the Lone Star State.”
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Show Transcript Our creators in Dallas, with the right to life and yet millions of Children lose their right to life every year because of a horse in texas. We worked to save those lives. That s exactly what the texas Legislature did this session. They work together on a bipartisan basis to pass a bill that I m about to sign. That ensures that the life of every unborn child you have, the heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion.