Abortion bill heading to governor
3/9/2007
By Bobby Harrison
Daily Journal Jackson Bureau

JACKSON - A bill designed eventually to outlaw abortion in Mississippi is on its way to Gov. Haley Barbour.

The state Senate gave final approval to the bill Thursday, accepting a version passed by the House last month.

Senate Public Health Committee Chairman Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, earlier this session steered to passage a bill that would ban all abortions unless the life of mother is in jeopardy and in cases of rape.

Had that bill become law, it probably would have resulted in a court challenge to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions. the rest