SB8 prohibits an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, except for when a woman has a “medical emergency,” which places the woman in danger of death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function.
The House passed SB8 on May 6, 2021, by a vote of 83 to 64. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because states should act to ban abortion and guarantee the right to life for all persons. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and protected by the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.