Georgia House committee approves heartbeat abortion bill
By Brett Samuels - 03/07/19 09:33 AM EST
A Georgia House committee passed legislation Wednesday that would ban abortions in the state after a fetus has a detectable heartbeat.
The Associated Press reported that the state's House Health and Human Services Committee passed the restrictive measure in a 17 to 14 vote following a tense hearing filled emotional displays from activists and others.
The vote was along party lines, the AP reported, with 13 Republican men and four Republican women voting for the bill, and seven Democratic men and seven Democratic women voting against it.
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