 ccrp poll life begins with the heartbeat   new poll overview michigan physicians would be prohibited from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman if a mandatory ultrasound reveals a fetal heartbeat under legislation introduced in the state house the threebill package would require an external ultrasound before any abortion and could effectively criminalize the procedure after a heartbeat is detected which can occur as early as six to eight weeks into a pregnancy the legislation introduced with 15 republican cosponsors and a former democrat turned independent would require an abortion provider to offer a pregnant woman the chance to hear a heartbeat if one is detected and advise her whether she should undergo an internal ultrasound if one is not in the case that a heartbeat cannot be found a physician would have to inform a woman that removing a fetus that has died is not considered an abortion physicians who perform an abortion after a heartbeat is detected could face up to four years in prison and or a fine up to 50000 a federal judge recently struck down a fetal heartbeat law in north dakota calling it an invalid and unconstitutional ban on a woman s choice to terminate her pregnancy at a point prior to viability another fetal heartbeat law in arkansas that would ban abortion 12 weeks into a pregnancy was also overturned right to life of michigan which generally supports the legislation and worked on the bills with hooker acknowledged that at least two of the measures could conflict with the us supreme court s decision in roe v wade even if other bills are challenged hooker said his main proposal would serve an important purpose by guaranteeing a pregnant woman the opportunity to hear a fetal heartbeat before deciding whether to move forward with an abortion if a mother recognizes that her baby has a heartbeat she ll be able to hear that heartbeat and the chances of her having that abortion goes down dramatically said hooker it s going to limit abortion new poll question should the legislature pass a package of bills that would make abortions illegal after a fetal heartbeat is detected yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link should the legislature pass a package of bills that would make abortions illegal after a fetal heartbeat is detected   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the government change the student loan program to forgive their loan debt balances after 10 or 20 years yes 6 no 90 undecided 3 one comment was made on this poll comment 1 the system wasn t broken the system wasn t broken before the president federalized it   all emails addresses  