 michigan fetal heartbeat abortion bills would ban procedure following ultrasound detection at the end of life death can be determined by the absence of a heartbeat using that logic isn t the beginning of life determined by the presence of a heartbeat that reasoning is the basis for a package of bills that would prohibit a doctor from performing an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected by an ultrasound would this legislation stand up to legal scrutiny get the details  wwwmlivecom lansingnews indexssf 201406 michiganfetalheartbeatbillshtml 