Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: Mississippi leaders react

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : In DeSoto County, the state and national organizations that oversee anti-abortion groups and churches have issued statements affirming their plans to fight in the future.
56% : Reeves acknowledged the decades-long concerted effort by anti-abortion politicians and activists in his statement.
52% : "Abortion access is essential to reproductive justice and the human right to bodily autonomy particularly in Mississippi where this case was decided and where anti-abortion laws have already hurt Black folks the most.
43% : Illinois would be the closest state with abortion access for 71% of Mississippians, while 29% would be closer to North Carolina. 'Our next steps':How abortion rights advocates in the South are prepping for Roe's possible fall More news on Roe v. Wade: If Roe v. Wade is overturned, how soon could abortion become illegal across the South?
41% : An analysis from the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research organization, found that in total 26 states have these types of laws in place and are likely or certain to ban abortion.
35% : Each of these laws would restrict abortion beyond the standards previously allowed under Roe v. Wade, on the condition that the 1973 case was overturned.
30% : This outcome will be felt far beyond Mississippi as striking down a nationwide right to abortion will lead to the procedure becoming illegal in many states.

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