A federal judge has blocked a new Mississippi law banning abortion after a fetal "heartbeat" is detectable, at about six weeks gestation.
In issuing a preliminary injunction, Judge Carlton Reeves said the law "threatens immediate harm to women's rights, especially considering most women do not seek abortions services until after six weeks."
"Allowing the law to take effect would force the clinic to stop providing most abortion care," wrote Reeves, adding that "by banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, the law prevents a woman's free choice, which is central to personal dignity and autonomy."
"Central to personal dignity and autonomy”: That's the fundamental issue here. That's what the forced birthers are trying to take away from all women.
The state will, of course, appeal. All of these Republican men are in a competition to see whose law the Supreme Court will use to reverse Roe v. Wade.