Fri Apr 21, 2023 – 5:06 pm EDT
JACKSON, Mississippi (LifeSiteNews) – Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed eight new pro-life laws Wednesday, largely focused on increasing state support for alternatives to abortion.
The Washington Examiner reported that the laws increase the tax credit for crisis pregnancy centers from $3.5 million to $10 million, establish a government website offering information on life-affirming pregnancy resources, extend the time in which mothers can drop off newborns at safe havens, establish a “bill of rights” for foster parents, separates the Department of Child Protection Services from the Department of Human Services and strengthens children’s legal representation in abuse or neglect cases, set up a task force to review and recommend improvements to the state’s adoption and foster system, and offer new tax credits to offset the costs of adoption.
“This is our new pro-life agenda,” the governor has previously said of the reforms. “I’ve said before, it will not be easy, and it will not be free. But I know that together, we are going to get the job done and deliver the support Mississippi mothers and babies deserve.”
“The state that restored the right of the people and elected
The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News
The views expressed in this news alert by the author do not directly represent that of The Official Street Preachers or its editors