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Arkansas' Abortion Ban Energizes Backers Of Fetal Heartbeat Laws
That state's adoption of the nation's strictest abortion ban -- prohibiting abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat is usually found -- is spurring advocates to push similar legislation in Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, North Dakota and Wyoming. Legal scholars say such laws have little chance of withstanding federal court scrutiny.
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