Mississippi judge hears challenge to abortion trigger law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "The plaintiff's case rests entirely on the proposition that Fordice protects the right to abortion and that it remains good law.
46% : Arguing for the state Tuesday morning, Solicitor General Scott G. Stewart said the Fordice ruling essentially adopted federal case law under Roe and to a lesser degree Planned Parenthood v. Casey, then "projected" that case law onto the state constitution.
46% : "The whole point of a Bill of Rights is there are some rights and decisions that belong to the individuals that are not subject to a vote and not subject to what a majority of what the state Legislature wants," he said, adding abortion has been legal in state for more than 150 years.
45% : If an abortion is sought for a case of rape, it must be reported to law enforcement first, but with the new law in place it is unlikely rape victims will find a doctor to perform the procedure in the state.
44% : The administrator of the clinic announced last week that once abortion is outlawed in Mississippi, she plans to move the clinic to New Mexico.
43% : The fate of Mississippi's trigger ban on abortions is in the hands of a state judge who heard arguments Tuesday morning that the last abortion clinic in the state should remain open pursuant to a 24-year-old ruling finding the Mississippi Constitution provides an implied right to abortion.
43% : On June 27, three days after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe. V. Wade, the Jackson Women's Health Organization filed a lawsuit against State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs aiming to prevent enforcement of Mississippi's trigger law automatically banning abortions after Roe was overturned and a separate six-week abortion ban,
43% : "This was not an independent interpretation of our state constitution, it was not a decision to go beyond what the U.S. Supreme Court had done ... it stuck to this reasoning that because the federal law protects the right to abortion, the state law did as well."
42% :Representing JWHO, attorney Robert McDuff asked Halford for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order, arguing the only way to nullify the Fordice decision is if the Mississippi Supreme Court overrules it or voters pass a constitutional amendment banning abortion.
40% : So necessarily, Fordice's recognition of a right to abortion is no longer good law either."

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