Will the Texas abortion ban spread across the US?

By Sara Novak

Pro-choice protesters successful Texas connected 1 September

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One of the astir utmost termination laws successful the US went into effect connected 1 September successful the authorities of Texas. The instrumentality bans termination erstwhile cardiac enactment successful the embryo tin beryllium detected via ultrasound. This usually occurs astir six weeks into a pregnancy, earlier galore adjacent realise they are pregnant.

The law, known arsenic Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), doesn’t marque exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape oregon incest, though it does person an exemption for “medical emergencies”.

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