Federal Judge Says You Can Abort Babies With A Heartbeat

 

An Arkansas law deemed to be one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country had been declared unconstitutional by a federal judge appointed by then-President George H.W. Bush.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright issued her opinion that the standard for abortion restrictions is not a heartbeat, but as established by Roe V. Wade, depends on viability outside the womb.

“The Court notes that the [state] conveys that viability ‘begins’ with a heartbeat; it does not declare that viability is fully achieved with the adept of a heartbeat,” she wrote. “Such a declaration would undoubtedly contravene the Supreme Court’s determination that viability in a particular case is a matter for medical judgment, and it is attained when, in the judgment of the attending physician on the particular facts of the case at hand, that there is a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival outside the womb.”

Arkansas legislators voted a year ago to pass the Human Heartbeat Protection Act law, overriding the veto of Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe.

“The Act required that women obtain an ultrasound prior to having an abortion, and if a heartbeat is detected past twelve weeks, the abortion may not proceed. Abortionists who violate the law would have their license revoked,” Christiannews.net reported.

The bill’s sponsor Sen. Jason Rapert said that his Act represented a “more humane policey on abortion” for a country with “55 million human beings that have been taken.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas filed suit after the Act was passed. It’s lawsuit against the state medical board asked the court to prevent “irreparable harm” to mothers who desire a safe abortion, a theme Wright  tapped into in her written opinion.

“I believe that there is a threat of irreprebale harm, because these doctors.. could face loss of their licenses,” she wrote. “They also have established that their patients could suffer harm by not being able to have abortions post 12-weeks but during that pre-viability period.”

A spokesperson for the state’s Attorney General Office said the ruling did not come as a surprise but the state would consider its next move.

 

Psalm 127:

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

 

Isaiah 49:

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.