{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-cohen-condemns-bill-aiming-ban-pre-viability-abortions", "Ranking Member Cohen Condemns Bill Aiming to Ban Pre-Viability Abortions", "2017-11-01", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2013 At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearing today, Ranking Member Steve Cohen condemned as \u201cunwarranted government interference\u201d a Republican-sponsored bill that would ban a woman\u2019s right to an abortion if the fetus\u2019 heartbeat can be detected, which can often occur as early as at six-weeks\u2019 gestation. See Cohen\u2019s opening statement here.\n\u201cBy banning pre-viability abortions after as early as six weeks\u2019 gestation, this bill would substantially narrow the window within which a woman may exercise her constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy,\u201d a right recognized since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling, Cohen said.\nAccording to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, \u201csafe, legal abortion is a necessary component of women\u2019s health care.\u201d Cohen said the so-called \u201cHeartbeat Protection Act,\u201d H.R. 490, would use politics to interfere in the practice of medicine and he strongly opposes it.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-cohen-condemns-bill-aiming-ban-pre-viability-abortions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0804571211338043, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}