Mississippi lawmakers move forward on 20-week abortion ban

[onehandle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Mississippi lawmakers took steps to become the latest U.S. state to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy by passing a measure on Thursday that seeks to further restrict access to the procedure.

Legislation approved by the state's House of Representatives in a 89-22 vote asserts that a fetus can feel pain by 20 weeks of gestation, halfway through a full-term pregnancy, and that the state has a duty to protect the unborn child.

Abortions would be legal after 20 weeks only if a woman's life was in danger, according to the measure. Physicians who defied the law could lose their medical license.

The legislation now heads to the Republican-led Senate, where it has until March 4 to pass out of committee and March 12 to pass the full chamber.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/13/us-usa-abortion-mississippi-idUSBREA1C1PZ20140213

[the_sly_pig]

1. Mississippi.

The North has South Dakota. Should we expect anything less?

[Brigid]

2. No, actually IN is the MS of the north.

[kestrel91316]

3. Unconstitutional on its face. Roe is settled law.

[MatthewStLouis]

4. The state with the seventh highest unemployment rate and

this is what they are worried about. Wedge issues. Don't they already have comfortable majorities in Mississippi anyway?