Mississippi moved quickly toward a legal confrontation over the nation's most restrictive abortion law Monday. Current federal law blocks such restrictions by states. Mississippi previously tied with North Carolina for the nation's strictest abortion limits at 20 weeks. "Under decades of United States Supreme Court precedent, the state of Mississippi cannot ban abortion prior to viability, regardless of what exceptions are provided to the ban," the suit states. The U.S. Senate failed to pass a 20-week abortion ban bill in January.

Source: ABC News March 19, 2018 20:52 UTC