If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there.
Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia.
The Louisiana Legislature is halfway toward passing a law — like the ones enacted in Mississippi and Georgia — that will ban abortions after cardiac activity is detected in the womb, about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many women know they’re pregnant.
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