The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has filed suit to block the state’s ban on abortions after fetal cardiac cells begin contractions, which typically occurs six weeks after an egg is fertilized and before many people even know they are pregnant. Ohio’s so-called heartbeat bill went into effect just hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last Friday.
In Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed suit to block enforcement of the state’s 173-year-old ban on nearly all abortions. Democratic Governor Tony Evers says the 1849 legislation should be superseded by a 1985 law allowing abortions until a fetus has grown enough that it could survive outside the womb — typically around 20 weeks of pregnancy.