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Mississippi becomes latest state to ban abortion throughout every stage of pregnancy

Updated: July 7, 2022 at 4:57 pm EST  See Comments

Thu Jul 7, 2022 – 4:12 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) – Mississippi became the latest state to ban most abortions Thursday when its post-Roe v. Wade trigger law went into effect.

The 2007 law prohibits abortions except in cases of rape reported to law enforcement or when necessary to save the mother’s life. State Attorney General Lynn Fitch certified that the law could take effect following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June overturn of Roe, the 1973 precedent that forced all 50 states to allow abortion on demand.

Republican Gov. Tate Reeves celebrated the news on social media:

Today we wake up in a state where the church doors are open and the abortion clinic’s doors are closed.

All the Glory to God the Father!
Amen! 🙏 🙏

— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) July 7, 2022

READ: Scandal-plagued abortion business shuts down all Texas locations as pro-life laws go into effect

As a result of the new status quo, WJTV reports that Mississippi’s only abortion facility, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has ceased committing abortions. The facility is inadvertently responsible for its new situation, as its lawsuit against the state’s 15-week abortion ban led to the case in which

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