JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led House is expected to pass a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy and the state's GOP governor is likely to sign it.
The GOP-led House is set to debate the sweeping abortion bill Friday in the final hours of the 2019 session.
The proposed ban allows exceptions only in medical emergencies, not cases of rape or incest.
The Missouri legislation comes after Alabama's governor signed a bill Wednesday making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases.
Republican-led legislatures around the U.S. are imposing new restrictions, hoping more conservative justices will overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion.
Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy.