Pro-life groups praise Mississippi for 8 new 'culture of life' laws
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed eight pro-life bills into law Wednesday that will strengthen the state's foster care system, speed up adoptions and provide resources to pregnant women.
Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban was the focus of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protections for abortion and permitting states restrict or ban the procedure. Following the court's decision, an older abortion ban on the books went into effect, outlawing most abortions in the state and forcing its lone abortion clinic to close. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
Health officials project that up to 5,000 additional children will be born in Mississippi without the option for women to terminate their pregnancies. Mississippi is one of the country's poorest states, and it has the highest fetal mortality and infant mortality rates in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — statistics Reeves did not mention during his bill-signing ceremony Wednesday.