LB626 would provide that a physician may not perform or induce an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected, except in cases of sexual assault, incest, or medical emergency.
The Senate advanced LB626 on April 12, 2023, by a vote of 33 to 16, prior to it being indefinitely postponed. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government. Nebraska ought to forbid the practice of abortion entirely and uphold the sanctity of life for every person, especially preborn children. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.