Jackson Women’s Health Organization is appealing the decision made earlier this week that denied its case challenging the Mississippi trigger law. JWHO, which has operated the state’s only abortion clinic until it closed its doors on Wednesday, is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court for emergency relief to allow JWHO to “resume abortion services as soon as possible”. While the clinic has been forced to stop scheduling patients and providing abortions, we are asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to block that ban and the related Six-Week Ban and let the clinic reopen as soon as possible. We hope the Mississippi Supreme Court will abide by its prior ruling that the Mississippi Constitution protects the rights of women to make their own decisions in matters of childbirth. Amen!”Today we wake up in a state where the church doors are open and the abortion clinic’s doors are closed.

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2022 21:39 UTC