Mississippi abortion clinic sues to stop new 15-week abortion ban
Opponents of a new Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation have filed a lawsuit.
The state's only abortion clinic and one of the physicians who practices there filed the federal suit Monday in Jackson, an hour after Gov. Phil Bryant signed the measure into law.
In a lawsuit handled by the Center of Reproductive Rights, the Jackson Women's Health Organization says the measure is unconstitutional and should immediately be struck down.
The suit says the clinic performed 78 abortions in 2017 when the fetus was identified as being 15 weeks or older. That's out of about 2,500 abortions performed statewide, mostly at the clinic.
The lawsuit challenges House Bill 1510, saying federal courts have ruled women have the right to an abortion before a fetus can live on its own outside the womb. The Mississippi measure is specifically designed to challenge those rulings, trying to get courts to rule states can restrict abortion before viability.
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