Democratic Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes, of Gulfport, asks questions about House Bill 1295, legislation that would prohibit abortion if a woman is seeking the procedure because of the race, sex or genetic abnormality of the fetus, during a meeting of the House Judiciary B Committee, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The only exception would be in case of a medical emergency. The lawmaker voted against the bill in committee, which passes nonetheless, and…
March 3, 2020
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Mississippi seeks abortion ban for race, sex, genetic error
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion, after federal courts blocked time limitations that the state tried to put on the procedure the past two years.