ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives has approved HB 481, better known as the “Heartbeat Bill.”
The controversial bill outlaws most abortions as soon as a doctor can detect a heartbeat in a fetus.
Doctors say a heartbeat is typically detected when a fetus reaches six weeks' gestation.
Current Georgia law allows abortions up to 20 weeks.
Opponents of the bill gathered outside the House chamber Friday, waiting on word one way or the other over the bill’s passage.
When the bill passed, protesters could be heard inside the chamber yelling "Shame!".
Ahead of Friday’s vote, more than 40 Hollywood celebrities signed a letter sent to Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, saying they will push TV and film production companies to abandon Georgia if the bill is signed into law.
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