Mississippi just passed a fetal heartbeat law like the one Iowa passed last year, but it is unlikely to stick around long. Mississippi already had a less-restrictive 15-week bill blocked by a federal judge last year.
Iowa's law was “struck down” by an Iowa state court for violating the Iowa State Constitution, but if it hadn't been, a federal court likely would have blocked it. In Ohio, the new governor says he will sign a heartbeat bill that former governor John Kasich vetoed because he was certain it would be defeated in the courts. It is hard to say he is wrong, since no law limiting abortion before 20 weeks and viability has survived anywhere in the country.
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