Ohio abortion ban would use heartbeat as barometer

Ohio abortion ban would use heartbeat as barometer | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: Ohio will be the testing ground for a new approach to limiting abortions that would prohibit women from ending pregnancies at the first detectable fetal heartbeat, sometimes as early as 18 days after conception. Republican state Rep. Lynn Wachtmann is preparing to unveil the so-called Heartbeat Bill on Wednesday. It is the first proposal of its kind in the nation, with Texas, Georgia and Oklahoma among states watching closely.