If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer, almost all abortions will become illegal in Mississippi, potentially within weeks. That's because of the state's abortion trigger law, which was passed all the way back in 2007. It's carefully constructed to impose significant abortion restrictions if and when the high court undoes the federal right to the procedure.
Mississippi Edition - 5/20/2022 - Mississippi's Trigger Law
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Anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v. Wade entirely is setting off a renewed round of abortion battles in state legislatures.
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