Mississippi Governor Signs Abortion Ban

On January 16, Republican Mississipi Governor Phil Bryant signed a “heartbeat bill “ that will make abortion illegal in the state after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Several other state legislatures, such as in Kentucky and Tennessee, have considered similar bills in order to protect the life of unborn children.
From July 1, women in Mississippi will no longer be able to have an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. If an abortion is performed after approximately six weeks, under the law, the physician responsible could have his or her medical license revoked.
“I am very pro-life, always have been,” stated Bryant after signing the legislation. “I think obviously we’ll have some legal challenges on it. We have legal challenges with every pro-life bill that we have ever passed. We anticipate that. We hope that it will get to the Supreme Court and they will uphold it.”
The pro-choice Center for Reproductive Rights called the project “blatantly unconstitutional” and threatened to sue the state, Fox News reported. “We will all answer to the good Lord one day. I will say in this instance, ‘I fought for the lives of innocent babies, even under threat of legal action,’” Bryant tweeted in response to the group.
Source: www.lifenews.com
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