Monica Eberhart sits outside her home Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Eberhart had to travel to Indianapolis, Ind., for an abortion after Ohio imposed a ban on abortions once fetal heart activity could be detected. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
DAYTON, OHIO (AP) — In the dim light of a clinic ultrasound room, Monica Eberhart reclines on an exam table as a nurse moves a probe across her belly. Waves of fetal cardiac activity ripple across the screen.
“The heartbeat,” the nurse says. “About 10 weeks and two days.”
