A federal appeals court has denied Mississippi’s request to review a ruling that stopped the state from implementing a law that banned abortions after 15 weeks.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision to strike down a law, the Gestational Age Act or House Bill 1510, that provides that an abortion cannot be performed if the gestational age of the unborn child is found to be greater than 15 weeks. This prompted the state to appeal the decision to the full panel of the appeals court, but was rejected in an order on Friday.
