It will be illegal to abort in Texas after six weeks; the governor will sign the law when it arrives at your desk

With the new law in force it is possible that before women know they are pregnant they could already be in the period where the new law will prohibit them from interrupting the pregnancy

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AUSTIN – One day after signing a l and that allows you to buy alcoholic beverages to take away. , Governor Greg Abbott stands ready with pen in hand to do . after six weeks of pregnancy is illegal in Texas

after the bill was approved by the Legislature

With the new law in force it is possible that before women know they are pregnant they could fall into the period where the new law will prohibit them from interrupting pregnancy.

The law will also allow citizens to civilly sue doctors and others.

The Texas Legislature PASSES the heartbeat bill.

It’s now on its way to my desk for signing.

Thank you to @ SenBryanHughes & Rep. @ ShelbySlawson for your leadership on this issue. # txlege pic.twitter.com/ZmJvoqJqXB

– Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 13, 1218586613

The governor, during the bill process, fully supported the initiative and is ready to sign it the moment it reaches his desk, according to the Texas Governor’s Office.

This puts Texas in line with a dozen other states led by the Republican Party who have passed so-called “heartbeat bills” that have been blocked in mostly by federal courts.

The new law is anticipated to generate rapid legal challenge in different parts of the state from from abortion rights groups, who have argued that it would violate state constitutional requirements that civil lawsuits can only be brought by affected parties.

According to the approved bill.

, a person filing the lawsuit would not need any personal connection to the abortion in question.

The bill has been rejected by medical groups.

Currently, weeks , with exceptions for a woman with a life-threatening medical condition or if the fetus has a serious abnormality .

Defenders of these so-called “heartbeat bills” hope that a legal challenge will finally reach the Supreme Court of the United States, where they seek the conservative coalition. [” rallied under President Donald Trump to end the constitutional right to high court-protected abortion at 1973 in the Roe v. Wade.

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