BISMARCK, ND, October 15, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – The state of North Dakota wants the Supreme Court to rule whether states have the right to restrict abortion to beore the moment a baby’s heartbeat can be detected.

“It’s a longshot to appeal it,” North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem admitted on Wednesday, but since he is required to defend all the state’s laws, “I think most people understand that’s what we need to do.”

Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed the heartbeat bill into law in March 2013 as part of a package of pro-life measures that included a ban on abortions for genetic conditions like Down syndrome.

The move earned him death threats.

The law restricts abortions to the moment a fetal heartbeat  be detected, usually no later than the sixth week of pregnancy.

However, the heartbeat bill never went into effect.

Read the article “‘Longshot’: North Dakota to Appeal Bill to Ban Abortion at Heartbeat to Supreme Court” on lifesitenews.com.