“So I think that they’re not thinking it through, or they just really don’t care.”ĪP writers Leah Willingham in Jackson and Christina A.
Abortions were going on in Mississippi before Roe v. “It’s not going to stop abortions in Mississippi. She said the people who oppose abortion pretend to care about the women and their future children but if they really cared, they’d spend more time taking care of children once they’re born by paying for things like better health care or child care. He said he respects people’s right to protest but they block the entrance to the restaurants and yell at diners.Ĭlinic director Brewer said all the restrictions and protests aren’t going to stop abortions in Mississippi - they just serve to make it more dangerous. He said his family has been in business there about 20 years, and when the restaurants opened he didn’t know they were near an abortion clinic. Nathan Glenn co-owns the two restaurants across from the clinic. Some council members said their action was in response to complaints about activity outside the abortion clinic, but the city backed down and repealed the ordinance a year later after a lawsuit challenged the rule. In 2019, the Jackson City Council enacted an ordinance to limit noise outside medical facilities. On a recent day, families at one of the restaurants ate outside at a cluster of tables no more than 20 feet (6 meters) from two children sitting silently holding signs saying, “We are ambassadors of Jesus Christ.” A woman passed back and forth praying under her breath and holding a sign: “Pray to end abortion.” In pockets of the Midwest, South and Mountain West, the number of women terminating a pregnancy in another state rose considerably, particularly where a lack of clinics meant the closest provider was in another state or where less restrictive policies made it easier and quicker to have an abortion there. A 2019 analysis by The Associated Press found at least 276,000 women terminated pregnancies outside their home state between 20. And then once they know they can, they’re going to constantly do it,” Brewer said Tuesday.Īs states have enacted stricter laws and the number of clinics has declined, thousands of women have crossed state lines for abortion. But clinic director Shannon Brewer said upholding the ban would prompt lawmakers in conservative states to push to more restrictions.
Health care providers at Jackson Women’s Health Organization don’t perform abortions after 16 weeks. If justices allow it to take effect, that wouldn’t have a huge impact on who can get an abortion in Mississippi. The 2018 Mississippi law has been on hold because of the court fight.
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