‘Heartbeat’ Bans: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Headed
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Lawmakers in at least three states have already pre-filed "heartbeat" abortion bans. Will this unconstitutional abortion ban be the anti-choice movement's full-frontal attack on abortion rights in 2019?
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