On Thursday, the state Senate voted 31-6 to pass a bill requiring abortionists to check for a fetal heartbeat before abortion, the Associated Press reports. If a heartbeat is found, committing the abortion would be a Class D felony (punishable by up to five years in prison) except in cases of medical emergencies, which would also have to be documented.

"That child in her womb is a living human being," Republican state Sen. Matt Castlen declared. "And all living human beings have a right to life." Preborn babies' hearts finish forming around seven or eight weeks into pregnancy, with heartbeats potentially detectable as early as five and a half weeks.

Before the vote a legislative committee heard April Lanham, a pregnant woman from Castlen's district, allowed her 18-week baby's heartbeat to be played for the lawmakers via an electronic monitor. "Every life matters," she said, as she hoped the "powerful noise" would convey.

The next day, the Louisville Courier Journal reports that the state House voted 69-20 to pass another bill that criminalizes abortion for any reason except to prevent death or "serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ," but would only take effect after Roe v. Wade is either overturned by the US Supreme Court or overridden by a constitutional amendment... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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