Fifth Circuit strikes down Mississippi abortion law

The law was similar in all respects to the Texas law that was recently upheld by a different Fifth Circuit Panel. The only difference was that the "admitting privileges" law would have closed down Mississippi's only remaining abortion clinic in the state.

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Attorneys for Mississippi argued that if the clinic closed, women could get abortions in other states.

"Today's ruling ensures women who have decided to end a pregnancy will continue, for now, to have access to safe, legal care in their home state," Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a news release.

The appeals court panel ruled that a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1973 established a constitutional right to abortion. The panel ruled that Mississippi may not shift its obligation for established constitutional rights of its citizens to another state.

"Pre-viability, a woman has the constitutional right to end her pregnancy by abortion. H.B. 1390 effectively extinguishes that right within Mississippi's borders," wrote the two judges in the majority ruling, E. Grady Jolly of Mississippi and Stephan A. Higginson of Louisiana.

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So now, we wait and see what happens to the Louisiana law. Is it like Texas or is it like Mississippi?