Heartbeat International is on Capitol Hill for the Intoduction of the Heartbeat Bill

Heartbeat International endorses The Heartbeat Informed Consent Act of 2011 introduced yesterday, and thanks Congresswoman Bachmann for legislation that will give women a better opportunity to see the inestimable value of life. (You can read Heartbeat's endorsement here.)

The image of the baby in utero is nature’s truth displayed. The heartbeat is the honest indication that there is life in the womb. Ultrasound technology makes visible the facts of life. These are the vital facts that each woman needs to know when considering the future of her pregnancy and the future of her family. These are also the critical facts that abortion facilities often choose to leave out when selling abortion.

(Renee Doyle, Legislative Aide to Rep. Michele Bachmann, shares the good news with Heartbeat International right before the bill is introduced at our Babies Go to Congress® event.)

In a move to protect women from the coercive tactic of withholding key facts about human development, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has announcedThe Heartbeat Informed Consent Act of 2011. This legislation has been introduced to ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and an opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to proceed with an abortion.

In addition to practical help and emotional support, pregnancy centers provide medically accurate information to women facing untimely pregnancies. Staff and volunteers explain the scientific aspects of human development and often share a plastic model that is the true to life size of the baby growing in the client’s womb.

Babies Go to Congress team on Capitol Hill on the day the Heartbeat Informed Consent Act of 2011 is introduced.

In our abortion recovery programs, women often tell us that they were duped into believing that their baby was “just a blob of tissue.” This deception very often intensifies the trauma that women experience after abortion.

Heartbeat International supports federal legislation calling for the ultrasound option before consenting to abortion because it will give each woman the opportunity to see for herself that her baby’s heart is beating 22 days after conception.

This bill will allow each woman seeking an abortion of her baby to have a window on her womb, so that she can see the new life within her. She may even see her son/daughter kicking, flipping, waving, or even sucking his/her thumb.

Thank you, Congresswoman Bachmann, for introducing legislation to give women a better opportunity to see the inestimable value of life!

Heartbeat International – “We support your legislation calling for the ultrasound option before consenting to abortion because it will give each woman the opportunity to see for herself that 22 days after conception her baby’s heart is beating.”

The “Heartbeat Informed Consent Act” has 29 original cosponsors, and can be read here. It has also been endorsed by:

• National Right to Life – “We commend you for working to ensure that the technology that allows us to see and hear an unborn child’s heartbeat is used to benefit women by making them more fully informed.”
• Family Research Council – “…it is only logical that a patient be fully informed as to the specifics of what she is about to undergo, being afforded the opportunity to observe or listen to the heartbeat of the unborn within her own body.”
• American’s United for Life – “This bill provides concrete, positive, and effective steps for Congress to protect women’s health.”
• Susan B. Anthony List – “The Heartbeat Informed Consent Act is about trusting women and assuring that they have access to accurate, real-time information relevant to the decision they are facing.”
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life
• Ohio Right to Life
• Wisconsin Right to Life

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