Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is the latest governor to sign into law a bill that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected
The bill, signed Thursday afternoon, would prohibit abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women even know they're pregnant. The only exceptions would be to prevent a woman's death or her serious risk of impairment."The heartbeat has been the universal hallmark of life since man's very beginning," Bryant said in an address before signing the bill.
"This ban is one of the most restrictive abortion bans signed into law, and we will take Mississippi to court to make sure it never takes effect," Hillary Schneller, staff attorney for the legal advocacy group, said in a written statement."A judge struck down the state's 15-week ban just months ago, but lawmakers didn't get the message.
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