Mississippi’s governor signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law Monday — and was slapped with a lawsuit less than an hour later. The law and responding challenge set up a confrontation sought by abortion opponents, who are hoping federal courts will ultimately prohibit abortions before a fetus is viable. Current federal law does not. Some legal experts have said a change in the law is unlikely unless the makeup of the U.S.
Mississippi Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks Of Gestation
JEFF AMY and SARAH MEARHOFF, Time: Politics
Mon, 03/19/2018 - 4:05pm
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