5th Circuit rejects pro-abortion challenges, Texas heartbeat law scheduled to go into effect Wednesday In spite of a slew of last-ditch pro-abortion efforts, Texas’s SB 8, which prohibits elective abortions after the preborn child’s heartbeat is detectable, is scheduled to go into effect this Wednesday. More than 20 “abortion providers”  had filed… SOURCE: 5th Circuit … More 5th Circuit rejects pro-abortion challenges