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Culture & Conversation Sexual Health
This law was last updated on Jul 7, 2014
HB 5644
Failed to Pass
Jun 10, 2014
Primary Sponsors: 1
Co-sponsors: 16
Total Sponsors: 17
HB 5644 would have prohibited a physician from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman who is carrying a fetus whose heartbeat has been detected in the test required under HB 5643.
The bill states that it would not be a violation of the heartbeat ban if:
The bill would not have prohibited the sale or use of contraceptives.
A violation of the law would have been a felony and would have carried with it a prison sentence of no more than four years and a fine of no more than $50,000.
A fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as six weeks of pregnancy—two weeks after a woman’s first missed period—and well before many women even realize that they are pregnant.
STATUS
This bill was tie-barred with HB 5643 and HB 5645. (“Tie bar” is a device to condition the effectiveness of legislation on the enactment or passage of other specified legislation. In other words, if one bill fails, they all fail.) They all failed.