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The Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), is an act of the Texas Legislature that bans abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, which normally occurs after about six weeks of pregnancy.
United States v. Texas, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that involved the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 or SB8, a state law that bans abortion once a "fetal heartbeat" [a] is detected, typically six weeks into pregnancy. A unique feature of the Act, and challenges to it, is the delegation of ...
Lawmakers passed Texas Senate Bill 8, or SB8, in September 2021. The state law banned abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as five weeks. This effectively ...
Mitchell devised the novel enforcement mechanism in the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 (or SB 8), which outlaws abortion after cardiac activity is detected and avoids judicial review by prohibiting government officials from enforcing the statute and empowering private citizens to bring lawsuits against those who violate it.
The fight over abortion access was debated on Capitol Hill Thursday during a hearing about the controversial new Texas law that bans such procedures after six weeks and makes no exceptions for ...
Texas overhauls community college funding to new outcomes-based model as called for in House Bill 8. Here's why it matters and how it'll affect ACC.
Sep. 1—Over 600 new laws signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott go into effect Sept. 1 in Texas. These new laws, including the Heartbeat Bill, "constitutional carry" legislation, and laws that ...
SB 5 was filed on February 21, 2017 during the regular session of the eighty-fifth Texas Legislature. The bill passed the Texas Senate with a 21-10 vote, and it passed the Texas House of Representatives with a 92-56 vote with 1 present, not voting. [3] [4] Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill on June 1, 2017, and it became effective January 1 ...