{"id":19709,"date":"2021-04-30T15:55:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19709"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:04:16","slug":"2-governors-sign-heartbeat-bills-to-protect-unborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/2-governors-sign-heartbeat-bills-to-protect-unborn\/","title":{"rendered":"2 governors sign ‘heartbeat’ bills to protect unborn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Live Action Newsroom<\/a> – April 27, 2021<\/p>\n

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, the governors of two states \u2014\u00a0Oklahoma and Idaho, respectively \u2014 signed \u2018heartbeat bills\u2019 into law. These laws protect preborn children from the moment a heartbeat can be detected, which is usually around five to six weeks gestation. Though the preborn child\u2019s brain is the first organ to appear<\/a>, the child\u2019s heart begins to beat between 16 and 22 days<\/a> after the moment of fertilization<\/a> (when a new human life begins).<\/p>\n

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed<\/a> not just one, but three<\/em> pro-life bills into law on Monday.\u00a0HB 2441<\/a> is the \u2018heartbeat bill\u2019 which bans an abortion from the moment the embryonic heartbeat is detected, and does not<\/em> offer an exception for the circumstances of a child\u2019s conception (rape or incest). The two other new laws are\u00a0HB 1102<\/a> \u2014\u00a0which classifies abortion as \u201cunprofessional conduct\u201d and any abortionist committing a medically unnecessary abortion will lose his or her license to practice for one year\u00a0\u2014 and HB 1904<\/a>, which requires that only board-certified OB\/GYNs may commit abortions. One bill passed by the Legislature,\u00a0SB 778, which would require the abortion pill to be dispensed only in person (according to longstanding FDA safety measures), still awaits the governor\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n

The bills would have gone into effect in November 2021, with or without the governor\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n

In Idaho, Governor\u00a0Brad Little signed<\/a> HB 366, the\u00a0Fetal Heartbeat Preborn Child Protection Act, into law on Tuesday. According to a tweet sent out by the governor\u2019s office, the bill contains exceptions for medical emergencies and for children conceived in rape or incest.<\/p>\n

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