Court stalemates on abortion
Life remains protected each day
Hope for the future shines

#abortion #fetalheartbeat #iowasupremecourt #prochoice #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/iowa-supreme-court-abortion-fetal-heartbeat-law-rcna89771

The Press is Falling for Anti-Abortion “Fetal Heartbeat” Propaganda

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/27/abortion-fetal-heartbeat-propaganda-press-coverage/

#TheIntercept #AbortionPropaganda #FetalHeartbeat #PressCoverage #ReproductiveRights #JournalismEthics #Politics #News

Nebraska Heartbeat Act is trending. #NELeg would require a doctor, before proceeding with any #abortion, perform an ultrasound with standard medical procedure to listen for a #fetalHeartbeat. If a heartbeat is "present", an abortion may not be performed.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1526470

Georgia Pro-Birth Accountability Act trending. #GALeg would provide compensation to pregnant women who but for a #fetalHeartbeat law could choose to terminate the pregnancy but are compelled to carry the pregnancy to term & give birth to a child.
#Abortion
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1498688

" 'At six weeks of gestation, those valves don't exist,' she explains. 'The flickering that we're seeing on the ultrasound that early in the development of the pregnancy is actually electrical activity, and the sound that you 'hear' is actually manufactured by the ultrasound machine. That's why 'the term "fetal heartbeat" is pretty misleading,' says Dr. Jennifer Kerns "
#abortion #abortionrights #science #womensrights #humanrights #fetalheartbeat #fetal
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/02/1033727679/fetal-heartbeat-isnt-a-medical-term-but-its-still-used-in-laws-on-abortion#:~:text=%22The%20flickering%20that%20we're,pretty%20misleading%2C%22%20says%20Dr.