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Mississippi 15-week abortion ban blocked

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled correctly when he blocked the Mississippi law from taking effect in 2018.

With the addition of conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years, several states have been enacting laws aimed at spurring court challenges that could seek to overturn the court’s 1973 abortion rights ruling in Roe v. Wade.

The only abortion clinic in Mississippi sued the state after Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the law.

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