Emily Wagster Pettus, Author at Concord Monitor

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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is surrounded by lawmakers on Thursday, March 21, 2019, as he signs a bill that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at the capitol in Jackson, Miss. The bill is set to become law July 1, 2019 and would be one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. The Center for Reproductive Rights calls the law unconstitutional and says it will sue Mississippi to try to block the law from taking effect. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

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Abortion-rights group sues Mississippi over ‘heartbeat’ law

by Emily Wagster Pettus Associated PressMarch 28, 2019

An abortion-rights group is asking a federal judge to block a Mississippi law that will ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy.The Center for Reproductive Rights on Thursday expanded a lawsuit it…