Abortion
Mississippi supports protecting life at 15 weeks. Give abortion debate back to the people.
With Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court thought it was settling the debate over abortion in America. But voters want to protect both women and children.
Lynn Fitch
Opinion contributor
The Supreme Court thought it was settling the abortion debate in 1973 with Roe v. Wade. But abortion policy has been unsettled ever since.
States pass laws and federal courts disagree in their rulings, unsure of what the special tests created by the Supreme Court for abortion cases alone really mean. Year after year, the people’s elected leaders pass legitimate laws, and one by one they are undone by unelected federal judges.
In 2018, the Mississippi Legislature, with overwhelming and bipartisan support, passed a law to safeguard women’s health and protect life after 15 weeks gestation. Like so many state laws that have been passed over the past few decades, the law never even had a chance to be tried before a federal court stopped it.