Lets hope the voters chose Espy next week too.
Judge notes 'sad irony' of men deciding abortion rights as he strikes Mississippi's abortion law
By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN
Updated 10:39 PM ET, Tue November 20, 2018
Judge Carlton Reeves, district judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, wrote that the law "unequivocally" infringes upon a women's 14th Amendment due process rights and defies Supreme Court precedents.
Citing evidence that viability begins at between 23 and 24 weeks, Reeves wrote that "there is no legitimate state interest strong enough, prior to viability, to justify a ban on abortions."
"The state chose to pass a law it knew was unconstitutional to endorse a decadeslong campaign, fueled by national interest groups, to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade," Reeves wrote. "This court follows the commands of the Supreme Court and the dictates of the United States Constitution, rather than the disingenuous calculations of the Mississippi Legislature."
Furthermore, he called the legislature's professed interest in women's health "pure gaslighting," pointing to evidence of the state's high infant and maternal mortality rates.
"Its leaders are proud to challenge Roe but choose not to lift a finger to address the tragedies lurking on the other side of the delivery room, such as high infant and maternal mortality rates," he wrote in a footnote.
"No, legislation like H.B. 1510 is closer to the old Mississippi — the Mississippi bent on controlling women and minorities."
more:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/health/mississippi-abortion-ban-15-weeks-ruling/index.html
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