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Pro-choice and abortion rights activists protesting outside the U.S, Supreme Court. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Ohio's Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday signed into law a bill that prohibits abortions once doctors can detect the trace of a fetal heartbeat with an ultrasound — which can come as early as 6 weeks into a pregnancy.
Why it matters: This ban on abortions at a point when many women remain unaware they are pregnant comes as a growing number of red states like Mississippi are adopting similar measures. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately said it would file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which is one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Under the bill, physicians who violate the law could face jail time and a $20,000 fine from the State Medical Board of Ohio.
Go deeper: A surge of restrictive state abortion bans take aim at Roe v. Wade