{"id":225847,"date":"2020-07-02T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=225847"},"modified":"2020-07-02T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:02:07","slug":"mississippi-senate-ban-abortions-race-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mississippi-senate-ban-abortions-race-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi governor signs bill banning abortions based on sex, race, or disability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE, 7\/2\/20<\/strong>: Governor Tate Reeves has signed the Life Equality Act into law. The Susan B. Anthony List’s state policy director Sue Liebel stated in a press release<\/a>, “such lethal\u00a0discrimination, whether inside or outside the womb, should be unacceptable anywhere in our society,” adding thanks to “Governor Reeves for his strong pro-life leadership in signing this bill swiftly into law, as well as the bill\u2019s author Rep. Carolyn Crawford, House Speaker Philip Gunn, and Rep. Nick Bain, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brice Wiggins, Sen. Jenifer Branning, Sen. Jeremy England, Sen. Joey Fillingane, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann for their tireless efforts to get it across the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n

UPDATE, 6\/23\/20<\/strong>: According to the Susan B. Anthony List, the bill is now headed<\/a> to the desk of Governor Tate Reeves, who is expected to sign it into law.<\/p>\n

6\/18\/20<\/strong>: The Mississippi Senate has advanced a bill that will ban discriminatory abortions. The Life Equality Act, sponsored by Mississippi State Senator Jenifer Branning and endorsed by\u00a0Chairman Brice Wiggins, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, and others, would ban abortions based on “a child’s race, sex, disability, or genetic makeup,” according to the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List). The bill\u00a0passed by a vote of 33-11<\/a>. The Life Equality Act passed the Mississippi House in March, but following the Senate’s recent passage, the House and Senate bill amendments must concur and will then head to Governor Tate Reeves for his signature.<\/p>\n

In a press release<\/a>, SBA List State Policy Director Sue Liebel stated, \u201cWe are pleased to see the Life Equality Act advance one step closer to becoming law, thanks to the strong leadership of our pro-life allies in the Mississippi legislature…\u00a0Mississippi is a solidly pro-life state that understands abortions carried out because of a baby\u2019s sex, race, or potential disability, such as Down syndrome, is no less than modern-day eugenics<\/a>. Mississippians agree unborn children should be protected from this lethal discrimination.”<\/p>\n

Discrimination against the preborn occurs globally, especially against females<\/a> in societies where women have been treated as “less than” for centuries\u2014and even today<\/a>. Race discrimination is also common. While Black Americans make up 12% of the U.S. population, Black women account for 38% of reported abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n