Georgia House Panel Approves Pro-Life ‘Heartbeat’ Bill

The Ohio House of Representatives has passed an abortion bill that would ban abortions after the first fetal heartbeat is detected, according to The Associated Press. Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS via Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

A Georgia House panel approved a bill on March 6 that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat was detected, advancing the controversial bill after hours of debate.

The bill, House Bill 481, also known as Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, will be considered for debate on the House floor and could pass through to the Senate as early as Thursday.