These provisions require doctors to check for cardiac activity in the embryo or fetus using a method вЂњappropriate for the estimated gestational age.вЂќ Early in pregnancy, that means a vaginal ultrasound because stethoscopes and less-invasive ultrasounds will not pick up anything at that stage. A physician does not violate this section if the physician performed a test for a fetal heartbeat вЂ¦ and did not detect a fetal heartbeat. Section 171.204 (): A physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child вЂ¦ or failed to perform a test to detect a fetal heartbeat. вЂ¦ The physician must use a test that is: consistent with the physicianвЂ™s good faith and reasonable understanding of standard medical practice and appropriate for the estimated gestational age of the unborn child and the condition of the pregnant woman and her pregnancy. Section 171.203 (): A physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman unless the physician has determined, in accordance with this section, whether the womanвЂ™s unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat. Professor Murray cautioned that parts of the law were written so vaguely that they вЂњcould reasonably be subject to a wide range of interpretations.вЂќ Wade to the Present,вЂќ and Melissa Murray of New York University, who co-wrote the first casebook on reproductive law and is a host of вЂњStrict Scrutiny,вЂќ a podcast about the Supreme Court. 8 says and does, I read the law in its entirety and consulted with two professors who have expertise in abortion jurisprudence - Mary Ziegler of Florida State University, who has written several books on abortion law, including вЂњAbortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Abortion providers in Texas said that 85 to 90 percent of the procedures they previously performed were after the six-week mark. The law, Senate Bill 8, bans most abortions after about six weeks - before many people know they are pregnant - and authorizes citizens to enforce it. Texas lawmakers did so through a unique legal approach. Several other states have tried over the years to limit or ban abortions before fetal viability but have not managed to maneuver past the courts. A new Texas law that the Supreme Court did not block last week has made abortion functionally illegal in the state.

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