Offer thanks to the Lord for the decision to ban on abortion after 15 weeks in Mississippi.  Pray that there will be a total ban on abortions.

“From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.” (Ps 22:10)

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The Mississippi legislature has approved the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation.

Gov. Phil Bryant has signaled that he will sign the bill. “As I have repeatedly said, I want Mississippi to be the safest place in America for an unborn child,” he wrote on Twitter. “House Bill 1510 will help us achieve that goal.”

The bill changes the state’s current law prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy to 15 weeks. It includes exceptions if the woman’s life or a “major bodily function” is threatened or if the preborn child has a health problem that would mean it likely wouldn’t survive outside the womb. It doesn’t include exemptions in cases of rape or incest, according to the AP.

The Mississippi Center for Public Policy helped craft the bill and praised lawmakers for passing it.

Acting President Jameson Taylor said the bill protects maternal health and “further(s) the state’s interest in protecting unborn human life.” He added that the Center is “thrilled” for having played a role.

Pro-Life Mississippi said fetuses in the womb “deserve the right to life, which is supported by this bill.”…

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has already threatened to sue.

Clinic owner Diane Derzis told the Clarion Ledger that the bill means the clinic will have to refer people out of state and “we will be planning to sue.” (Excerpts from Bob Ditmer’s article on ChurchLeader.com)