JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s governor has signed into law a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure, setting the state up for a possible legal challenge.
Gov. Phil Bryant signed the law Friday that outlaws a procedure called “dilation and evacuation” unless it is necessary to prevent a woman’s irreversible physical impairment.
“We’re making Mississippi the safest place in America for an unborn child,” Bryant said in a statement posted on Twitter.