{"id":91216,"date":"2016-03-30T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=91216"},"modified":"2016-03-30T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:57:08","slug":"mississippi-senate-votes-to-ban-dismemberment-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mississippi-senate-votes-to-ban-dismemberment-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Senate votes to ban dismemberment abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday, the Mississippi State Senate voted<\/a> 40-6 to ban the so-called dilation and evacuation abortion procedure, also known as dismemberment abortions, which advocates such as Republican State Senator Joey Fillingane call cruel.<\/p>\n

HB 519 would prohibit abortions in which a fetus is physically torn apart inside the womb, after which the parts are removed. The D&E procedure is common in second-trimester abortions. The bill’s only exception is for cases of irreversible physical harm to the mother.<\/p>\n

The bill passed<\/a> the state House 83-33 in February, and it now returns to the chamber to resolve differences between the two versions. It is expected to be signed by Mississippi’s pro-life governor<\/a>, Phil Bryant.<\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist who performed over 1,200 abortions, describes the procedure in length<\/a> as part of Live Action News’s Abortion Procedures project.<\/p>\n