This Senate resolution honors Mississippi's Gestational Age Act. The resolution text says Representative Becky Currie introduced the Gestational Age Act on January 15, 2018 to prohibit elective abortion after 15 weeks. It says the Mississippi legislature passed the act on March 19, 2018, and Governor Phil Bryant approved it. The resolution notes the United States Supreme Court agreed to review Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health in May 2021 and issued its decision on June 24, 2022, saying the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and returning regulation to the people and their elected representatives. The resolution expresses gratitude to Becky Currie and honors states that have passed laws it calls "life-affirming."
The resolution expresses the Senate sponsors' thanks to the Mississippi lawmaker and honors states that passed similar measures. It was introduced in the Senate on January 22, 2025 and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. No publicly available information about direct legal or practical effects is included in the text.
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The resolution says Representative Becky Currie was the catalyst that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. It honors "life-affirming States" that, the resolution says, enacted laws to value and protect the dignity of every mother and unborn child.
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