larsen nichols-missippi bans abortions at 15 weeks

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/health/mississippi-abortion-ban-15-weeks/index.html

Earlier today, a bill was passed in Mississippi to make the window of abortion end at 15 weeks into a pregnancy. This is now the earliest policy in the nation. There are exceptions to this law for endangerment of the mother's life or severe birth defects, but not for cases of rape or incest. Before today, restrictions were already heavily debilitating to women seeking abortions. Backlash against the new law is already occurring, and it is expected to be challenged in court.

This article was written by Jessica Ravitz at CNN earlier this evening. Based on CNN's more liberal demographics, it will have a negative impact on most of its audience. It was written to inform its audience of how the laws are changing in Mississippi and other states and how that impacts women. Before I read the article,  I was not aware of what was happening specifically in regards to new and changing abortion laws in this country.
I'm personally very disappointed at this news. According to data referenced in the article, an estimated 200 women in Mississippi will not be able to have an abortion because of this new law. Women in poverty require time to come up with the funds to pay for an abortion, and it's even more difficult if they live outside of Jackson, the location of the last remaining abortion facility in the state. The people who signed this bill claimed that they are looking out for the health and safety of women and their babies, but if that was really their goal, then they would be allowing women who have been raped or involved in incest to get abortions past the 15 week deadline as well. I find it an incredibly hypocritical stance to take, seeing as these lawmakers are not taking any action to protect the lives of people in minority groups who have already been born and on this earth for a good while.

The events of this article can be synthesized to the Plessy v. Ferguson "separate but equal" case. In both situations, a decision was made that took a step back in progress for protecting and giving civil rights to minorities, in one case, women, in the other, African Americans.