The had the votes to override Gov. s veto of a controversial ban on abortion at the point a fetal heartbeat is detected. The tried to follow suit but, in the end, it couldn't.
The override attempt was one vote short in the Senate.
Lori Viars with the Conservative Republican Leadership Committee and Warren County said this isn鈥檛 the end for the bill. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not about to give up. We鈥檝e done this for eight years and there are unborn babies' lives depending on this and we are not going to give up. We鈥檒l be back here in a few weeks.鈥�
of views this as a temporary victory. 鈥淥ur people will be back fighting this whenever it comes up- this or any other abortion restriction.
If the new General Assembly seated in January passes the bill, Governor-elect has said he would sign it.
Although the so-called Heartbeat Bill didn't pass, Congress did pass a bill last week that bans dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion procedures, even in the case of rape or incest.
