US abortion ban: Missiouri joins 7 other states to pass restrictive bill as women voice their outrage | World News, The Indian Express

US abortion ban: Missiouri joins 7 other states to pass restrictive bill as women voice their outrage | World News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: May 18, 2019 12:33:50 pm

US abortion ban: Missiouri joins 7 other states to pass restrictive bill as women voice their outrage

The recent restrictions of the US abortion bill challenge the constitutional right established in Supreme Court's Roe decision of 1973 which had declared abortion being legal until the fetus reaches viability, usually attained at 24 to 28 weeks.

Pro-choice supporters listen as Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks after holding a roundtable discussion with abortion providers, health experts, pro-choice activists, and state legislators at the Georgia State House in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 16, 2019. (REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage)

A week after Alabama legislators voted to ban abortions for nearly every case, Missouri became the eighth state on Friday to join the band. While Alabama went ahead with an outright ban on abortions, Missouri along with Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio passed a bill to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is also being called as ‘heartbeat bills’.