BOISE (CBS2) — Sen. Patti Anne Lodge has been working on the fetal heartbeat abortion bill for two years. But the Republican lawmaker aprubtly pulled the bill from the Senate floor Thursday.

"I'm disappointed, like I said in the Senate when I made my motion, it's with a heavy heart," said Sen. Lodge (R-Huston). "This has been the first thing on my mind this whole session."

The bill would prohibit abortion as soon as cardiac activity can be detected with an ultrasound -- with exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or when a mother's life is in danger.

But Sen. Lodge said the bill's forward movement ground to halt over disagreement among anti-abortion groups on what criminal penalties -- if any -- would apply to someone who violated the law.

"I am not someone who wants to see somebody totally punished, put in jail or charged with murder," Lodge told CBS2.

And Sen. Lodge felt there was just not enough time this session to reconcile the differences so she sent her bill back to the committee until next year, although she acknowledged a different version could possibly come from the House.

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