States introduce new laws after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Monday she has certified the state's trigger law banning abortion following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.

"Mississippi's laws to promote life are solid and thanks to the Court's clear and strong opinion in Dobbs, they can now got into effect," she said in a statement posted to Twitter.

She continued, "As we have said throughout the case, Roe v. Wade presented a false choice between a woman's future and her child's life."

The ban will go into effect in 10 days.

Under the new law, anyone who performs or attempts to perform an abortion in Mississippi will be charged with a felony, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The only exceptions are to save the mother's life or if the woman is a victim of rape, provided she has reported the crime to law enforcement.

Planned Parenthood of Utah announced Saturday that it filed a lawsuit in Utah state court to block the state's ban on abortions at any stage in pregnancy. Planned Parenthood said it would soon seek a temporary restraining order on the ban.

"Yesterday’s decision was devastating, but Planned Parenthood will never stop standing with and fighting for the rights of our patients and providers. Not now, not ever," said Karrie Galloway, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah.

The suit claims that the rights promised under the Utah Constitution are more expansive than those under federal law, and remain unaffected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision, Planned Parenthood said in a statement.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order Saturday to protect people seeking or providing abortions in the state from legal repercussions in other states, he said in a Tweet.

Neighboring states are expected to severely restrict abortions, but Walz vowed to protect abortion rights as long as he is in office, according to his tweet.

Utah's abortion ban went into effect on Friday, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The Utah Legislature allowed a 2020 law prohibiting all elective abortions in the state to go into effect. The law makes exceptions for circumstances involving rape, incest or medical emergencies.

Under the law, abortions would be allowed for women at risk of death or serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. Abortions are also allowed if two maternal fetal doctors find that the fetus has a lethal defect or a severe brain abnormality that is diagnosable.