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Oklahoma state senate passes "heartbeat" abortion bill
Source: Reuters
Oklahoma state senate passes "heartbeat" abortion bill
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY | Tue Mar 6, 2012 11:51pm EST
(Reuters) - The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would require doctors to tell women they have the right to hear the heartbeat of the fetus before the pregnancy is terminated.
The Heartbeat Informed Consent Act was passed by a 34-8 vote and will go to the Oklahoma House, where pro-life Republicans outnumber Democrats by a 2-1 margin.
The original version of the bill had required a woman to hear the fetal heartbeat before an abortion. But the author, Republican Senator Dan Newberry of Tulsa, amended the measure to require only that an abortion provider inform a patient of her right to hear the heartbeat.
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By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY | Tue Mar 6, 2012 11:51pm EST
(Reuters) - The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would require doctors to tell women they have the right to hear the heartbeat of the fetus before the pregnancy is terminated.
The Heartbeat Informed Consent Act was passed by a 34-8 vote and will go to the Oklahoma House, where pro-life Republicans outnumber Democrats by a 2-1 margin.
The original version of the bill had required a woman to hear the fetal heartbeat before an abortion. But the author, Republican Senator Dan Newberry of Tulsa, amended the measure to require only that an abortion provider inform a patient of her right to hear the heartbeat.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/07/us-oklahoma-abortion-heartbeat-idUSTRE82609J20120307
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let me feel little knitted booties. I mean, really!!!!111
just in case
The heartbeat is the only way for a fetus to communicate that it wants to live, Newberry said.
"It can't say please don't kill me, it can't say I want to live. It can't say anything," he said.
"It can't say please don't kill me, it can't say I want to live. It can't say anything," he said.
If a fetus can't think language, if it doesn't have a nerve system to be able to even know it is "alive", could it think that?
What an idiotic thing. At least it is just "has the right", not "require". Thank god for small favors.
Loved your reply. It got a big LOL here in MD and was so true! 
