Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said his state will protect unborn babies from the moment of conception, not just after 15 weeks of pregnancy if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Life News reports:
On Sunday, Reeves, a pro-life Republican, spoke with CNN host Jake Tapper about the abortion case that the Supreme Court heard last week, according to Just the News.
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the justices are considering whether to uphold a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Lawyers for the state asked the high court to, at the very least, uphold the 15-week ban, but they also urged the court to overturn Roe altogether and allow states to protect unborn babies from the moment of conception.
“If that happens, would you start enforcing that in your state— the almost complete ban, regardless of how many weeks of the pregnancy?” Tapper asked, referring to a Mississippi trigger law that will prohibit all abortions when Roe is overturned. It allows exceptions only for rape or risks to the mother’s life.
Reeves said he would enforce that law, telling Tapper: “If you believe as I believe very strongly that that innocent, unborn child in the mother’s womb is, in fact, a child, the most important word when we talk about unborn children is not unborn, but it’s children. I will do everything I can to protect the lives of those children.”
Good for you, Governor Reeves!
Inch by inch; step by step. More important than outlawing abortions though is to change the minds of people beginning with the youth of our country. Kristen Hawkins’ Students for Life is doing a wonderful job in this area. Please pray for her and support her and her students.