{"id":1532985,"date":"2022-06-29T17:49:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T21:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532985"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T21:49:43","slug":"we-have-a-firm-conviction-that-each-life-is-precious-mississippi-governor-declares-june-sanctity-of-life-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-a-firm-conviction-that-each-life-is-precious-mississippi-governor-declares-june-sanctity-of-life-month\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Have A Firm Conviction That Each Life Is Precious\u2019: Mississippi Governor Declares June \u2018Sanctity Of Life Month\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-have-a-firm-conviction-that-each-life-is-precious-mississippi-governor-declares-june-sanctity-of-life-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532985&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following the U.S <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\">Supreme Court\u2019s<\/a> historic decision to overturn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/roe-v-wade\"><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>, the case that legalized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/abortion\">abortion<\/a> across the United States, Mississippi Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tate-reeves\">Tate Reeves<\/a> announced on Wednesday the state officially recognizes the month of June as \u201cSanctity of Life Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe have a firm conviction that each life is precious and each individual is created in the image of God,\u201d Reeves wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatereeves\/status\/1542175797305286657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1542175797305286657%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fyallpolitics.com%2F2022%2F06%2F29%2Fgovernor-reeves-proclaims-june-2022-as-sanctity-of-life-month%2F\">proclamation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reeves said the state encourages all citizens to celebrate the sanctity of life from the unborn to natural death, adding its dedication to the profound truth that all life is a gift from God.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mississippi\u2019s battle to protect the unborn began gaining momentum in 2018 when former Governor Phil Bryant (R) enacted an abortion ban called the Mississippi Gestational Age Act. The law would prohibit clinics within the state from performing an abortion on babies after 15 weeks of pregnancy. But Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization \u2014 the state\u2019s lone licensed abortion clinic \u2014 sued to stop the act from going into effect.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis is the way that they chip away at abortion until it goes away,\u201d Jackson Women\u2019s Health Director Shannon Brewer recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/01\/1060023038\/supreme-court-abortion-restrictions-mississippi\">NPR<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s 15 weeks, and then it\u2019s gonna be 14 weeks, and then it\u2019s gonna be 10. This is the way that they do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, the law wouldn\u2019t have changed much, as the abortion clinic said it already did not perform abortions after 16 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But the southern state defended the Mississippi Gestational Age Act in the <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em> case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which began hearing arguments in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In its petition to the nation\u2019s highest court, Mississippi questioned whether the Supreme Court\u2019s precedents set by <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and the affirming <em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 which prohibited states from banning most abortions \u2014 were constitutional, arguing, \u201cThe conclusion that abortion is a constitutional right has no basis in text, structure, history, or tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nearly six months later, the nation\u2019s highest court overruled the <em>Dobbs<\/em> case, 6-3, which changed both <em>Roe<\/em> and <em>Casey<\/em>, and vindicated Mississippi\u2019s augment holding that \u201cthe Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, individual states \u2014 like Mississippi \u2014 have enacted complete bans or other laws they see fit regulating abortions. Mississippi banned abortion unless the mother\u2019s life is in danger or she was a victim of rape and reported the incident to law enforcement. Anyone who attempts to perform an abortion in the state faces felony charges punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 or up to 10 years in prison, or both, according to The Guttmacher Institute.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMississippi must now turn to the work ahead, to take every step to support mothers and children through policies of compassion, to ensure every baby has a forever family that loves and cherishes them, and to build and sustain our pro-life agenda,\u201d Reeves said.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reeves\u2019 agenda promotes a culture that values the inherent dignity of every individual and restores the wonder of life.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cElective abortion has ended the lives of over 63 million unborn children, and in some cases, their mothers as well \u2014 nearly a complete generation lost to humanity.\u201d Reeves wrote.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cStanding on the shoulders of giants in the pro-life movement, we rejoice and press on knowing our work is not done yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zach Jewell contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the U.S Supreme Court\u2019s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion across the United States, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced on Wednesday the state officially recognizes the month of June as \u201cSanctity of Life Month.\u201d \u201cWe have a firm conviction that each life is precious and each individual is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1533034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}