The Mississippi Supreme Court has revived an 1864 law that prohibits abortion at any time during pregnancy, except to save the life of the mother. The law also imposes prison sentences for individuals performing the procedure, leading to the closure of clinics in the state.
The decision was handed down by the state’s Supreme Court , which revived an 1864 law—as in, one dating back to the Civil War—prohibiting abortion at any time during pregnancy unless it’s needed to save the life of the mother .
And it comes just one day after Trump cynically attempted to distance himself from the Republicans who have been defeated at the ballot box over their abortion views— even though, as the ex-president regularly proclaims, he was responsible for the killing of Roe v. Wade and would undoubtedly pose a terrifying threat to abortion access in a second term. After the ruling was announced, Joe Biden released a statement emphasizing how it would ruin countless lives.
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