1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Abortions prohibited without a check for fetal heartbeat, or if a fetal heartbeat is detectable (a) Abortions prohibited without a check for fetal heartbeat, or if a fetal heartbeat is detectable Chapter 74 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the chapter heading, by striking Partial-Birth (2) by inserting after section 1531 the following: 1532. Abortions prohibited without a check for fetal heartbeat, or if a fetal heartbeat is detectable (a) Offense Any physician who knowingly performs an abortion and thereby kills a human fetus— (1) without determining, according to standard medical practice, whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat; (2) without informing the mother of the results of that determination