Missouri senators consider banning abortions at 8 weeks

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri senators are considering banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.

Democrats in the Republican-led Senate on Wednesday slammed pending the
legislation. Lawmakers have a Friday deadline to pass bills.

The only exception would be in cases of medical emergencies, not rape or
incest.

The Missouri bill comes as abortion opponents across the U.S. push for new
restrictions in hopes that the more conservative U.S. Supreme Court will
overturn its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion.

Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia have approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy. Alabama lawmakers sent the state’s Republican governor a similar bill Tuesday.

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