Mississippi abortion ban blocked by federal appeals court

The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling from a district court that blocked the ban from going into effect in 2018.

“In an unbroken line dating to Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s abortion cases have established (and affirmed, and re-affirmed) a woman’s right to choose an abortion before viability,” the appeals court judges wrote. “States may regulate abortion procedures prior to viability so long as they do not impose an undue burden on the woman’s right but they may not ban abortions.”

The only abortion clinic in Mississippi launched the suit against the state government after Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed the rule into law. The clinic said it only provides abortions until 16 weeks into a pregnancy, according to The Associated Press.

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State lawmakers tried in 2019 to pass a stricter ban that prohibited abortions at six weeks into a pregnancy, though the same district court judge blocked that rule as well. A court battle over that law is still ongoing.

  The Hill

That doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense.

Advocates say the campaign is intended in part to spark a Supreme Court battle that they hope could lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that first legalized abortion nationwide.

Okay, now it does. But not in a good way.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.