Arkansas would ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected under a bill introduced by a Republican senator Monday, a proposal that would prohibit the medical procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Sen. Jason Rapert filed legislation that would require a test to detect a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed. If one is detected, a woman could not have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest and if a mother’s life is in danger.

Doctors who performed abortions after the cut off would be punishable by up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

As we noted a couple years ago when Ohio became the first state to try to pull this stunt, by leaving just two weeks for most women to find out they’re pregnant and get an abortion, laws like these are essentially out-right bans. Really, there is little difference between a law like this and a so-called Personhood measure–or, for that matter, a law that simply says “Abortion is not allowed.”