Abortion Bill Under Debate In Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Lawmakers are debating a bill that could make Mississippi the first U.S. state to try to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, setting up a possible court challenge.
Mississippi already bans most abortions after 20 weeks, which is tied for the nation’s earliest ban.
Members of the Republican-controlled House on Friday were debating and expected to pass House Bill 1510, which would allow exceptions if a woman’s life is endangered or a fetus has a severe abnormality.
House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy Gipson says Mississippi wants to prevent women from being adversely affected by abortion.
Felicia Brown-Williams, state director for Planned Parenthood Advocates Southeast, calls the proposal unconstitutional, saying the U.S. Supreme Court won’t allow bans before a fetus can live outside the womb.
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