Heartbeat

Another victory on the pro-life front, at the state level of course. From Politico:

The Oklahoma state Senate passed a controversial “heartbeat” abortion bill on Tuesday that would require doctors to tell women they have the opportunity to hear the fetal heartbeat before ending a pregnancy, according to a report.

The bill, approved 34-8, will now head to the Republican-dominated state House, Reuters reported. The original proposal required that women hear the heartbeat before having an abortion, but the bill’s author watered down the measure to require only that abortion providers let female patients know of the right to hear the heartbeat.

Without the heartbeat, the fetus “can’t say ‘please don’t kill me,’ it can’t say ‘I want to live.’ It can’t say anything,” the bill’s author, Republican state Sen. Dan Newberry, told Reuters.

Apparently, recognizing a living person's heartbeat is "controversial" stuff. Sad.