Abortion Opponents Hear a ‘Heartbeat.’ Most Experts Hear Something Else. - The New York Times

…The consensus among most medical experts is that the electrical activity picked up on an ultrasound at six weeks is not the sound of a heart beating and does not guarantee a live birth. The sound expectant mothers hear during a scan is created by the machine itself, which translates the waves of electrical activity into something audible… 

… Texas' current booklet offers two pages of warnings. Under the heading "Death," the booklet informs women that the risk of dying of a legal abortion is 0.73 in 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The section does not say that the risk of dying in childbirth is much greater. There are 17.4 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births, and rates are still higher among some minority women...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/health/abortion-heartbeat-debate.html

Satan Strikes A Blow for Choice

The Satanic Temple has done it again, turning one of the religious right’s best weapons against them. ....

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2018/02/satan-strikes-blow-choice/

Federal judge blocks Indiana law that Pence signed mandating ultrasounds 18 hours before an abortion

A federal judge has blocked an Indiana law signed by Mike Pence in 2016 when he was still governor to force women to obtain an ultrasound at least 18 hours before getting an abortion. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, the first African American ever appointed to the federal court in Indiana, ruled in the case that the state made no compelling argument that requiring an ultrasound “makes it any more likely that a woman will choose not to have an abortion.”...
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1650100