Two anti-abortion bills passed the North Dakota Senate on Friday that would be the first laws of their kind in the United States, and would ban most abortions in North Dakota.
The so-called "heartbeat" ban would ban abortions as soon as fetal heartbeat can be detected, in some cases as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Another bill bans abortions for gender selection or in cases of fetal abnormalities such as Down Syndrome.