On July 6, following a ten-day waiting period, abortion was officially banned in the state. Mississippi’s only clinic, also known as the Pink House, performed abortions until the last moment
Photo: SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images On Wednesday, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Mississippi clinic at the center of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, performed its last abortion. Mississippi has had a trigger law on the books since 2007, and following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the state’s attorney general Lynn Fitch certified a total abortion ban that makes exceptions only in the case of rape and danger to the mother’s life.
“We knew this was coming,” Diane Derzis, Jackson Women’s Health’s owner since 2010, told NPR. Derzis now plans to open Pink House West, a new clinic in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which is less than an hour’s drive from El Paso, Texas, yet has drastically different abortion laws from its neighbor. Before closing, Jackson Women’s Health had been providing abortions to those seeking care outside of Texas following the state’s six-week ban passed in September.
Since the Supreme Court’s ruling, clinics in states hostile to abortion have been forced to pause or stop care completely as trigger laws go into effect and legal activists and health-care providers file challenges. As of July 7, abortion is completely banned with limited exceptions in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama, South Dakota, and Mississippi.
As the post-Roe fallout continues, more than a fourth of abortion clinics across the United States could shut down, according to a study from University of California San Francisco’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health. Some clinics shuttered even before the ruling officially came down, including all three of Louisiana’s abortion clinics as well as South Dakota’s sole provider. A 40-year-old clinic in Savannah, Georgia, closed within a week of the decision.
If you’d like to help those in need of abortion care, donate to an abortion fund. The Cut’s abortion-finder database has more information on how to find abortion services near you.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Clinic at core of abortion case, and the last one in Mississippi, closesThe abortion clinic at the center of the Supreme Court’s monumental decision to reliniqush abortion rights to states has officially closed its doors after failing a legal battle.
Weiterlesen »
Map: Which states have banned abortion since Roe’s overturningMississippi’s only abortion clinic is now closed, with the state’s enactment Thursday of a ban on most abortions.
Weiterlesen »
Contraception, pregnancy tests offered outside closed Montgomery abortion clinicWhile the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe has been praised by pro-life supporters, It is forcing pro-choice activists to shift gears and be more proactive.
Weiterlesen »
Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopenAttorneys for Mississippi’s only abortion clinic are asking the state Supreme Court to block a law that bans most abortions and to let the clinic reopen next week
Weiterlesen »
Whole Woman’s Health to close Texas abortion clinics, relocate to New MexicoWhole Woman’s Health is crowdfunding to open a new abortion clinic on the border between New Mexico and Texas after Texas banned nearly all abortions. New Mexico is the closest option for many Texans looking to obtain an abortion. Via DallasNews
Weiterlesen »