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On the recordOctober 31, 2017
This bill bans all abortions where a fetal heartbeat is detectable, which means as a practical matter it would ban abortion after just 6 weeks of gestation. This is patently unconstitutional.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen asserts that the bill's restrictions on abortion are unconstitutional.

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