Mississippi governor set to sign ‘heartbeat’ abortion law

Associated Press ^ | March 21, 2019 | Emily Wagster Pettus

[Olog-hai]

Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s not worried about lawsuits as Mississippi prepares to enact one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation.

The Republican governor is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to outlaw most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy.

The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights calls it “blatantly unconstitutional” and says it will sue Mississippi to try to block the law from taking effect on July 1.

Mississippi is one of several states considering similar bills this year. Abortion opponents are emboldened by new conservatives on the Supreme Court and are seeking cases to challenge the court’s 1973 ruling the legalized abortion nationwide. …

[thirdgradeteacher]

This’ll be overturned by some judge in California in a couple of weeks.

[OrangeHoof]

New conservatives on the Supreme Court? Who? Where?

[bgill]

I thought the ACLU already stopped him.

[Sergio]

“They are determined to rob Mississippians of the right to abortion, and they are doing it at the expense of women’s health and taxpayer money. This ban — just like the 15-week ban the governor signed a year ago — is cruel and clearly unconstitutional.”

Except that abortions are purely elective from about 32 weeks and on. Neo-natal care is such that any baby that makes it to about 32 weeks can be kept alive outside of the uterus. So if the child is impacting the mom's health, the child can be "birthed" and keep alive and this still removes the danger to the mother's health.

Now if the mom just doesn't want the kid around, she should be up front about it and let everyone know that infanticide is an appealing option to her.