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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Mar 21, 2019, 02:54 PM Mar 2019

The Latest: Mississippi 'heartbeat' abortion law signed

Source: AP

Mississippi's governor has signed one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation.

Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Thursday outlawing most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy.

The Center for Reproductive Rights calls the bill "blatantly unconstitutional" and says it will sue Mississippi to block the bill from taking effect July 1.

Mississippi is one of several states where Republican leaders are considering abortion-restriction bills this year. Abortion opponents are emboldened by new conservatives on the Supreme Court and are seeking cases to challenge the court's 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-latest-mississippi-heartbeat-abortion-law-signed/ar-BBV40Nn?li=BBnb7Kz

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The Latest: Mississippi 'heartbeat' abortion law signed (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 OP
That didn't take long. Socal31 Mar 2019 #1
Yep - absolutely negated by Roe. For now. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2019 #2
Sometimes I think Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #3
wouldn't surprise me in the least... dhill926 Mar 2019 #4

Mr.Bill

(24,253 posts)
3. Sometimes I think
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 03:01 PM
Mar 2019

there's a conspiracy between state legislators and the lawyers who will make a tax funded career out of defending this garbage and losing every time.

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