kind to a strict abortions based on so called fetal pain. there were some physicians that testified during peak hearings on the bill that they believe the fetus is able to feel pain at 20 weeks. but the idea of fetal pain at this s widely disputed in medical communities. there s no evidence to demonstrate its existence. at the time, the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists said, quote, no legitimate scientific information that supports the statement that a fetus experiences pain. but that didn t matter front to nebraska lawmakers. they pass the bill anyway, which forced doctor leigh who are car hard to cross state lines to perform these later abortions, and it triggered nearly identical bills across the country that used the word pain and protection. now, abortionists in the credibly common procedure. one and four women in the united states will have an abortion by the age of 45. that s according to the institute. chances are, you probably know someone who has had an a
abortions in the year 2000, also, according to ghouta mock. but the term was used by the antiabortion ground to garner opposition to all abortions. according to npr, quote, after a position presented a paper in the conference of the national abortion federation, describing the procedure, the national right to life committee commissioned drawings to illustrate those reports, and published them in booklet form as well as placing them as paid advertisements in newspapers to build public opposition. in an interview with a new republic magazine in 1996, the end are elsie s johnson explained that the term was thought of in hopes of as the public learned would a partial birth abortion is, they might also learn something about other abortion methods, and that this would foster a growing opposition to abortion. you hear that? they said the quiet part out loud. a term you re probably familiar with because it s been used recently in legislation that
restrict access to abortion it s fetal heartbeat. states like texas and georgia want the public to believe that most abortions should be banned after just six weeks of gestation, because that s when a heartbeat is detected. wrong again. medical and reproductive experts say an embryo does not even have a developed heart at that stage, let alone a heartbeat. if that s the case, what is that sound that s picked up by the ultrasound? well, doctor niche of irma, physician who provides abortion services and the fellow of the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists, explains to the texas tribune quote, when i used the stethoscope to listen to a patient s heart, the sound that i hear, that s typical you here is the heartbeat that s created by the opening and the closing of the cardiac valves. in six weeks of gestation, those valves don t exist. those valves don t exists. the flickering we see on the ultrasound, super early into