Heartbeat Protection Act 2017 will change child murder laws forever

'All human persons have a right to life.'

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) introduced a bill on Thursday, prohibiting abortions after a heartbeat is detected.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - King released a statement Tuesday to announce the bill, in which he explained: "Since Roe v. Wade was unconstitutionally decided in 1973, nearly 60 million innocent babies' lives have been ended by the abortion industry, all with a rubber stamp by the federal government.

"Human life, beginning at the moment of conception, is sacred in all of its forms and today, I introduced a bill that will protect the lives of voiceless innocents.

"All human persons have a right to life. How then could we confer that those rights allow the killing of a baby? I believe our most important responsibility that God has bestowed upon us is to protect innocent human life, and I will continue to dedicate my life to that responsibility."

Should the law pass, doctors will be required to check for the unborn child's heartbeat - which can be detected as early as 6-weeks gestation - before performing an abortion.

The bill, called the Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017, specifies: "Any physician who knowingly performs an abortion and thereby kills a human fetus -

1. without determining, according to standard medical practice, whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat;
2. without informing the mother of the results of that determination; or
3. after determining, according to standard medical practice, that the fetus has a detectable heartbeat,
4. shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."

There are exceptions, including if the life of the mother is endangered "by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, but not including psychological or emotional conditions."

Another important part of the Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 is the liability.

A woman who receives an abortion under the Act cannot be prosecuted and is not liable under the legislation.

Similar bills have been proposed and passed before but never on the national level.

There are several problems stemming from people who claim women have the right to choose and who lean on the excuse that if it is not born, it is not alive.

This way of thinking has led the nation's abortion rights to where it is now, and in June the Supreme Court upheld a federal judge's ruling on a similar heartbeat bill.

The bill was struck down after the judge ruled Roe v. Wade "unequivocally said no state may deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at a point prior to viability."

Will the Heartbeat Protection Act 2017 meet a similar fate? Only time will tell.

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