Judge Blocks Mississippi's 'Unconstitutional' Ban On Abortions After 15 Weeks
Source: HUFF POST
11/20/2018 11:30 pm ET
In a blistering opinion, Judge Carlton W. Reeves struck down one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws.
A federal judge has struck down a Mississippi law that sought to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. In a fiery opinion issued Tuesday, Judge Carlton W. Reeves said the statute, described as one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, “unequivocally” violated women’s constitutional rights.
Reeves wrote of his “frustration” that state lawmakers had chosen to pass the law despite the fact that similar legislation has been thrown out by federal courts in other states and that such litigation is very costly for taxpayers.
He contended the “real reason” for the ban’s passage appeared to be the state’s politically driven desire to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 law that assures a woman’s constitutional right to access safe and legal abortions.
“The state chose to pass a law it knew was unconstitutional to endorse a decades-long campaign, fueled by national interest groups, to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade,” Reeves wrote. “This court follows the commands of the Supreme Court and the dictates of the United States Constitution, rather than the disingenuous calculations of the Mississippi Legislature.”
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mississippi-abortion-ban-15-weeks-unconstitutional_us_5bf4d1d0e4b0eb6d93098312
This judge is WINNER. Good for him.
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Abortion rights supporter and clinic escort Michelle Colon stands outside the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s last abortion clinic..
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