The governor stressed that the new law “does not bring about any change in the current legal framework”, saying: “This bill simply maintains this status quo regardless of what happens at the federal level and retains all existing constitutional rights and obligations.” The US Supreme Court seems ready to ratify a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks. Roe’s fate against Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling of 1973 that legalized abortion nationwide, also hangs, and anti-abortion activists hope the court’s conservative majority will overturn it. Florida, West Virginia, Kentucky and Arizona all have abortion bans for 15 weeks this session. And Idaho has imposed a six-week abortion ban, which was the first such bill to be signed into law this year and mimics a controversial Texas law. Colorado House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement that ” their medical decisions “.
