MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Banks
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 41-41-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS ABORTION EXCEPT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE OR WHERE THE PREGNANCY IS CAUSED BY RAPE; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-3-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES A FELONY CRIME FOR ANY PERSON WHO WILLFULLY AND KNOWINGLY CAUSES ANY PREGNANT WOMAN TO ABORT OR MISCARRY A CHILD; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-3-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES A FELONY CRIME FOR ALLOWING A CHILD DELIVERED IN FAILED ABORTION TO DIE; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-3-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES A MISDEMEANOR CRIME FOR ANY PERSON WHO PROVIDES AN INSTRUMENT OR MEDICINE TO ASSIST A WOMAN IN OBTAINING AN ABORTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-41-45, which prohibits abortion except for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy is caused by rape, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 97-3-3, which creates a felony crime for any person who willfully and knowingly causes any pregnant woman to abort or miscarry a child, is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 97-3-4, which creates a felony crime for allowing a child delivered in failed abortion to die, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Section 97-3-5, which creates a misdemeanor crime for any person who provides an instrument or medicine to assist a woman in obtaining an abortion, is repealed.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.