Legislative proposals that aim to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected are on track to becoming law in three southern states. Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia are all on course to pass the bills, which would make abortion almost completely illegal and protect the most vulnerable in our society – the unborn.
The fetal heartbeat is usually detected at around six weeks, meaning that abortion will be close to completely outlawed if the bills succeed.
In Georgia, a proposed fetal heartbeat bill has earned the signature of state Governor Brian Kemp and will go into effect at the start of next year. “Our job is to do what is right, not what is easy,” Kemp said at the signing ceremony, according to the New York Times. “We are called to be strong and courageous, and we will not back down.”
“This is a historic day for Georgia,” added Catherine Davis of the pro-life organization, Human Coalition following the momentous occasion. “This is a day that many of us who have been in the pro-life fight for years and years and years didn’t really think it would be possible, in light of the politics of the issue.”
Georgia’s bill is set to go into force on January 1.
The pro-life cause has enjoyed sweeping successes this year, with governors from Mississippi, Ohio and Kentucky all signing fetal heartbeat bills and lawmakers in South Carolina and…
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