Toughest U.S. Abortion Law Nears Passage in Mississippi Vote
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A chorus of “amens” filled the statehouse in Jackson, Mississippi, on Halloween night. About 75 people were gathered for a briefing by backers of a ballot initiative that would make the state the first in the U.S. to ban abortion by declaring that life begins at conception.
“Fighting for preservation of the unborn in the state of Mississippi -- that’s a cause worth our strongest efforts and our most committed prayers,” Brad Prewitt told the crowd. The 42-year-old lawyer heads Yes on 26, a political-action committee whose television ads, signs and fliers argue that a vote against the proposition is a vote for abortion.