Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In some states in Brazil, police killings account for a third of all homicides.

Our correspondent visits the site of a recent raid that resulted in 27 deaths, finding that

the law seems anything but colorblind.

And olive oil used to be a universal in Lebanese cuisine, but the swings of the country's currency have entrenched imported vegetable oil.

We look into the push to revive Lebanon's love affair with its olives

and to share their oil with the world.

First up, though,

It's called a heartbeat bill, but that's really a misnomer.

Stephen Masey is our Supreme Court correspondent.

At six weeks, there is no heart in the pomegranate seed-sized fetus.

There is, however, an electrical impulse that an ultrasound machine can pick up,

and that in Texas is now the trigger for when abortion is banned.

There is no exception for incest or for rape.

Last week, the Supreme Court allowed legislation in Texas to stand, the most restrictive abortion law in America.

It's far beyond the boundaries of the landmark 1973 judgment of Roe v. Wade and later decisions...

Let's say abortion for any reason should be accessible to women until the fetus is viable, which is at about 24 weeks.

Courts have previously blocked these heartbeat bills before they could even be implemented.

But Texas's law is now very much in force, and it's the most draconian in the country.

Since the presidency of Donald Trump put three conservative judges on the court, the fate of that foundational

Roe v. Wade decision has been in doubt.

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