[MS] Gov. Bryant signs 20-week abortion ban
Source: Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that bans on abortions at 20 weeks or more gestation, without exception for rape or incest.
Proponents, including House Judiciary Chairman Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, author of the bill, said Mississippi is the last state in the Southeast that lacks a ban on abortions past 20 weeks.
The bill would allow exemptions in cases where the mother's life is in danger or where it is determined the fetus has problems and no chance of survival.
Planned Parenthood leaders called the measure "an extreme agenda," and said the way the measure counts 20 weeks, from a woman's last menstrual period, really is an 18-week ban and uses a "political rather than medical standard."
Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/23/20-week-abortion-ban/8061483/
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