Marilyn Musgrave, SBA Pro-Life America’s vice president of government affairs. While lives are being saved thanks to the Dobbs victory, in states like California and New York, countless unborn babies and their mothers still suffer the violence of abortion,” said Hon. By six weeks, their hearts beat at an average rate of 110 beats per minute and will beat approximately 54 million times before birth. “Unborn children are as human as we are and deserve our care and protection. 'They, like all of us, deserve to be welcomed into life and protected by law.' 'This compassionate proposal would protect children whose hearts are developed to the point that they already beat over one hundred times per minute in their mother's womb,' said Jeanne F. Women who obtain an abortion that violates this law would not be subject to prosecution. The Heartbeat Protection Act does not supersede existing life-affirming state laws but instead sets a minimum standard of unborn protection which states may go beyond should they choose. This restriction would not apply to abortions that are necessary to save the life of the mother, or in cases of rape and incest. Any physician who performs an abortion without checking for a heartbeat or aborts a child with a detected heartbeat would be subject to criminal penalties. The Heartbeat Protection Act requires doctors to check for a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion. Kelly and my colleagues for their leadership of this effort.” “Our pro-life agenda is robust and includes numerous bills that affirm the importance of protecting the most vulnerable among us, and I’m grateful to Rep. Kat Cammack, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. “I’m pleased to join my colleagues in introducing this bill at the start of the 118th Congress,” said Rep. By prohibiting elective abortion after an unborn baby’s heart is detected, the Heartbeat Protection Act constitutes an important step toward replacing abortion violence with compassion and empathy for both women and their defenseless unborn children.” “As society’s littlest patients, all unborn children deserve protection, not death by abortion. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.

“Science has made the humanity of unborn children more visible and irrefutable than ever before as we now know that unborn babies have a functional and detectable beating heart at 6 weeks gestational age-and maybe even earlier,” said Rep. Children may be only 25% of our population, but they are 100% of our future.' I'm proud to be leading this bill again with my good friends Chris Smith and Kat Cammack, and I am committed to working every day to protect those who cannot protect themselves. ' The Heartbeat Protection Act ensures the most vulnerable among us have the same life-affirming protections that every other American enjoys. 'Our founders understood that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are our most fundamental rights. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Kat Cammack (R-FL) and has 62 original co-sponsors.

Kelly previously introduced in the 117th Congress, is co-led by Reps. 175, 'Heartbeat Protection Act,' legislation that would prohibit abortions when an unborn child's heartbeat is detected.

Heartbeat at 6 weeks