MSNBCW News Nation July 22, 2013
When a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into the pregnancy. Nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams joins us with the breaking news out of washington. What are the details here behind the judges decision . Well, the judge said that the test for the constitutionality of any abortion law is the same one that the Supreme Court has consistently applied for 40 years. And that is whether it would ban abortions after viability. What the judge said is, its medically, generally conceded that viability is 24 weeks into pregnancy. This law would have banned abortions at six weeks, ...