This week, the Supreme Court allowed the Texas Heartbeat Act to stand after abortion advocates filed an emergency appeal to try to block it. Under the Texas Heartbeat Act, abortion is restricted after a heartbeat can be detected (at about six weeks gestation), and private citizens can sue abortionists and others aiding and abetting an abortion, except for the child’s mother. The ruling has caused panic among abortion advocates, including one Newsweek reporter who lamented the possibility of more children with Down syndrome being born.

Richard Hanania, in addition to writing for Newsweek, is the president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI) and a research fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University.

Texas Senate Bill 8 went into effect on September 1, 2021, restricting abortion once a preborn child’s heartbeat is detectable — typically at about six weeks gestation (four weeks past fertilization). The heartbeat actually begins 16-22 days after fertilization. Now one Texas abortionist is claiming the law will prevent her from caring for her family.

“This law threatens my livelihood,” Dr. Ghazaleh Moaydei, a board member with Physicians for Reproductive Health told NPR. “It threatens my ability to care for my family. It threatens my career simply for doing what I was trained to do right here in Texas. You know, I went to medical school here.

“The deceptively named ‘Women’s Health Protection Act’ should really be called the ‘National Abortion on Demand Act.’ Existing laws at risk if the legislation passes include limits on late-term abortions, waiting periods, informed consent laws, and limits on discriminatory abortions, and many others.

“Washington Democrats are out of touch with the majority of Americans who want to follow the science and humanize our extreme and outdated abortion laws – not make them even more extreme.”

The post Pelosi, Biden Push National Abortion on Demand Act appeared first on Susan B. Anthony List.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a self-labeled Catholic, tweeted on Wednesday that the Texas Heartbeat Act meant to save human beings from abortion once their heartbeats are detectable is a “catastrophe to women.” While the human heart begins to beat just 16-22 days after fertilization, the law does not dictate the gestational age at which abortion is restricted but states that if there is a detectable heartbeat, the abortion can not legally take place.

“SCOTUS’s failure to block #SB8 has delivered catastrophe to women in Texas,” tweeted Pelosi. “This radical law is an all out effort to erase the rights and protections of Roe v Wade.”

As of midnight on September 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court had not yet responded to an emergency appeal from abortion proponents to stop the Texas Heartbeat Act from going into effect, which protects preborn children from the first detectable heartbeat (around five to six weeks gestation). According to the Associated Press, at least 12 other states had previously passed legislation to protect children at the same point in gestation, none had been allowed to go into effect until now, making Texas the first state to successfully enforce such a law.

News outlets reported that abortion facilities in the state had stopped scheduling abortions past six weeks days in advance of the September 1 effective date.

The Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and its equally controversial companion case, Doe v. Bolton, created a public health vacuum, the impact of which is still felt today.

Attorney Clarke D. Forsythe’s 2013 book, “Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade,” details how the Justices’ unfounded assumptions about abortion not only led to the legal dehumanization of the preborn but also helped create today’s abusive, unaccountable abortion industry. 

Medical Assumptions 

According to Forsythe, the Roe and Doe decisions relied heavily on the Justices’ mistaken idea that abortion was somehow safer than childbirth when, even today, the lack of reporting surrounding abortion complications raises questions about the health hazards surrounding it. 

“This is an historic moment in the fight to protect women and children from abortion. We’re excited to see the Heartbeat Act save lives starting today and stand with our allies on the front lines serving mothers and families,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “The American people are eager to humanize our extreme, outdated abortion laws. This law reflects the scientific reality that unborn children are human beings, with beating hearts at six weeks.

The post Texas’ Pro-life Heartbeat Law Takes Effect appeared first on Susan B. Anthony List.

Although Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court case on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion restriction, has made waves as the landmark case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, it isn’t the only abortion-related case that may be heard this year.

The Supreme Court is slated to hear several abortion-related cases, including several before the year ends.

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s only licensed abortion business is challenging the constitutionality of a law that restricts abortion after 15 weeks gestation. The law notes the increased physical risks to the mother as the gestational age of the preborn child increases, and notes that D&E abortion is typically used in the second trimester — a cruel and inhumane dismemberment procedure that involves tearing off the limbs of the preborn child, crushing the skull, and piecing the body parts back together to ensure everything was removed.

A new Texas law that would restrict abortions once a preborn child’s heartbeat is detected is poised to take effect Wednesday, but the abortion industry is making last-minute efforts by to stall the legislation, including an emergency application asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.

The Texas Heartbeat Act was signed by Governor Greg Abbott in May and is set to take effect on September 1. It will restrict all elective abortions after a detectable heartbeat, which occurs as early as six weeks. The law is unique in that it allows private citizens to file lawsuits against someone implicit in committing an abortion, including the doctor who performs it or the person who pays for it.

Texas lawmakers acted on the will of the people when they enacted legislation reflecting the scientific reality that unborn children are human beings, with beating hearts as early as five weeks,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry continually run to the courts since they are losing hearts and minds nationwide. The American people are eager to humanize our extreme, outdated abortion laws. We stand with Texas and hope that, soon, the Court will finally unshackle all stats to protect he most vulnerable among us.”

The post SBA List Responds to Planned Parenthood SCOTUS Request to Block Texas Heartbeat Law appeared first on Susan B.