Timeline of events that led to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Mississippi passes 15-week abortion ban – Mar. 19, 2018

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signing House Bill 1510 into law on Monday, March 19, 2018. The new law bans most abortions after 15 weeks gestation, making it the strictest abortion law in the nation. | (Screenshot: Facebook/Phil Bryant)

In 2018, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1510, also known as the Gestational Age Act, into law. The new measure bans abortions after 15 weeks into a pregnancy, except in cases of life-threatening medical emergency or severe fetal deformity.

“I was proud to sign House Bill 1510 this afternoon. I am committed to making Mississippi the safest place in America for an unborn child, and this bill will help us achieve that goal,” tweeted Bryant at the time.

The new law runs afoul of Roe v. Wade, which prohibits state governments from banning abortion before fetal viability.

Soon after it was signed, the law became the subject of litigation, as Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, sued the state.

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