Now Mississippi Will Ban Abortion

The bill which passed the Mississippi House Public Health Committee on Tuesday is similar to South Dakota's bill in that abortion will only be allowed to save a woman's life and will not exempt cases of rape or incest.

[Gov. Haley] Barbour, a Republican, said he preferred an exception in cases of rape and incest, but if such a bill came to his desk: “I suspect I’ll sign it.”

And this is just infuriating.

“The time has come for these decisions to be made in these deliberative bodies, not by nine men and women who wear black robes,” said Republican state Sen. Jason Crowell.

No asshole, it is time these decisions be made by the pregnant woman in the privacy of her home.

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