Monday, June 27, 2022

Fitch Certifies Trigger Law

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

This morning, in accordance with the provisions governing Section 41-41-45 of the Mississippi Code, Attorney General Lynn Fitch published the required certification to Mississippi’s Administrative Bulletin for what is known as the State’s trigger law.

“Mississippi’s laws to promote life are solid and thanks to the Court’s clear and strong opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, they can now go into effect,” said Attorney General Lynn Fitch. “As we have said throughout this case, Roe v. Wade presented a false choice between a woman’s future and her child’s life. As we proceed in this post-Roe world, the people of Mississippi and of all the states will be able to fully engage in the work of both empowering women and promoting life. I am grateful that the Court has given us this opportunity.”

Under Mississippi’s trigger law, Attorney General Lynn Fitch is required to publish her determination (1) that the United States Supreme Court has overruled the decision of Roe v. Wade and (2) that it is reasonably probable that Mississippi’s trigger law would be upheld by the Court as constitutional.

“The Supreme Court very clearly held in Dobbs that the appropriate standard for courts to use for challenges to state abortion laws is rational-basis review,” continued General Fitch. “And under that standard, Mississippi’s regulations for the protection of life would be upheld. We argued before the Court in December that it was time to end special rules for abortion cases, and we are pleased that the Court did just that, returning this important issue to the people to decide through the political process.”

Specifically, the Court stated the following:

“Under our precedents, rational-basis review is the appropriate standard for … challenges [to state abortion regulations]. … It follows that the States may regulate abortion for legitimate reasons, and when such regulations are challenged under the Constitution, courts cannot ‘substitute their social and economic beliefs for the judgment of legislative bodies.’ … A law regulating abortion, like other health and welfare laws, is entitled to a ‘strong presumption of validity.’ ... It must be sustained if there is a rational basis on which the legislature could have thought that it would serve legitimate state interests. … These legitimate interests include respect for and preservation of prenatal life at all stages of development … ; the protection of maternal health and safety; the elimination of particularly gruesome or barbaric medical procedures; the preservation of the integrity of the medical profession; the mitigation of fetal pain; and the prevention of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or disability.” (Pages 77-78 of the opinion of the Supreme Court)

Kingfish note: Apparently our Speaker of the House opposes any exceptions for incest. Mississippi's abortion law does not have such an exception and thanks to the Speaker, it will not be created any time soon.  Good job, Mr. Gunn (sarcasm).  



52 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lynn Fitch for President 2032!

Anonymous said...

KF, you should be more concerned about the Monkey Pox, than rights for women. #YWNBAW

Anonymous said...

Gunn: "Incest is best."

Citizen: "What?!"

Gunn: "Why go across the street, when you can go across the hall?"

Anonymous said...

Note to the MSGOP hillbillies:
This will not stop the white race from becoming a minority in the coming decades. It means you will become a minority even faster.

Anonymous said...

hmmm. . . I guess Attorney Joiner Fitch is unaware of relevant binding MISSISSIPPI case law.

Start with Pro-Choice Miss. v. Fordice, 716 So. 2d 645 (Miss. 1998) and work your way forward.

Anonymous said...

Although I understand the reason some people want rape/incest exceptions, you can't allow such expections without conceding the entire pro-life premise. Unborn children have the right not to be killed... unless they were conceived through rape or incest?

Anonymous said...

Perhaps Gunn just loves his degenerate HBO shows as much as you do, Kingfish?

County Cletus said...

8:38 …. By all means do tell . Lol

Anonymous said...

So, you flunked geography, too? Hillbillies in Mississippi? Ain't you a special child.

Anonymous said...

How do you know which side has lost the disagreement? The side that only has insults.

Anonymous said...

What you also understand is you have no logical defense for baby murder, and you must resort to a straw man argument.

Anonymous said...

@8:41,??? Attorney who?

Anonymous said...

Gunn should not be in any public office.

Anonymous said...

Since life now begins at fertilization, which DA or other law enforcement body will be the first to investigate doctors and their nurses for a "miscarriage"? Will the findings of the local cop's interpretation of medical records suffice enough for an indictment, or will another layer of bureaucracy be needed to review a woman's medical records after being discharged from the hospital?

Anonymous said...

Put up unwanted babies for adoption. It's that simple.

Krusatyr said...

49 years and 65M dead babies later and some want to keep killing due to rape and incest? If the baby with controversial fatherhood were asked whether to live and deal with it or to be executed for the father's crime, what would the baby choose?

A well vetted adoption.

Anonymous said...

Soon we will have orphanages like in Romania

Git 'Er Done With Gunn - Where's Delbert? said...

On Supertalk, the very next day, Peter (or rather Pecker) Gunn took full and absolute credit for the case advancing to The Supremes. He said it was all due to his work and that of The House, from three years back that 'got 'er done'.

So, let the Gunn-Fitch debates begin. Where's what's-his-name?

Anonymous said...

It is pretty telling when leftists are going crazy that babies will live now instead of being murdered.

Anonymous said...

@9:10 Fitch only Joins things. She does not have original ideas, platforms, thoughts, etc

Anonymous said...

8:56 is exactly right.

If, as Mississippi law now states, a baby in the womb is a human life, then that life should be protected. Doesn’t matter the circumstances of conception – horrific or otherwise. Obviously everyone is against rape and incest, but if those horrific acts result in a human life, we must protect life.

Anonymous said...

"Apparently our Speaker of the House opposes any exceptions for incest. Mississippi's abortion law does not have such an exception and thanks to the Speaker, it will not be created any time soon."

To any resident of Mississippi that is under 25 years old

make plans to leave this place as soon as possible, and never look back. There are greener pastures elsewhere.

This state is one complete shit show.

I came here when I was 19 years old, 31 years later it's only gotten worse.

The citizens elect terrible people from the local level to the state legislature, all the way up to state-wide office, and they do the dumbest shit year in and year out.

Save your selves and run as fast and far as you can.

Anonymous said...

The cynical lying pols are taking credit for this to bolster their future campaigns for their next elected position, as they could never make it on the outside.

Anonymous said...

Gunn, you could borrow Joe Xiden's "I did that" sticker.

Anonymous said...

10:02
Nailed it! Worthless empty (red) suit. I know she wanted a Trump appointment and didn’t get it , hopefully The Bicyclist will take her away from Mississippi.

Anonymous said...

"Soon we will have orphanages like in Romania"

97% of abortions are for convenience. How about planning ahead and using at least one form of contraception? That would be the responsible thing to do, and would be supporting a basic human right.

Anonymous said...

10:03am Yeah,but God won't forgive you for dooming that life, often in the first 3 months from the lack of prenatal care and adequate diet to sustain normal development. He won't forgive you for not protecting that life from the criminal that fathered that life.
He won't forgive you for the motherless children that aren't lucky enough to find a grandmother or stepmother who has a big enough heart.
I don't think there will be a place in Heaven for those who are " holier than Thou and like a smoke up God's nose that burns all day and all night". You won't find that in your conveniently edit Bible. Find a King James or earlier version.
Many a tyrant uses religion to gain power and control "the masses".
You can dress up with new money and an inferior education deliberately limited by politicians and religious leaders here. You won't be a hillbilly anymore but you will remain a redneck if all you do is reinforce what makes you feel good about yourself.
This is a small pond, tadpole.

Anonymous said...

@10:43 AM - Yep, she was hoping for a Trump cabinet position, but his advisors warned him that she is an empty suit (dress?).

Anonymous said...

what 10:02 said-

Anonymous said...

10:47-- you're giving way too much credit to your fellow MS residents and most of humanity.

Anonymous said...

10:47 - I know a woman who used two forms of contraception and still got pregnant. Everything has a failure rate.

Anonymous said...

"I don't think", I knew if I continued to look I would find a place to agree with you, and there it is. We agree, you don't think.

Anonymous said...

@11:40 AM - red neck contraception doesn't count. (Holding a quarter between her knees).

Anonymous said...

don’t worry. gilead is on the horizon…

Anonymous said...

So who will be paying for all of this? Assuming the majority of abortions are among the uninsured...we had 3600 abortions in 2020 in this state. The average cost of a delivery is about $20K + dr visits, etc.....The state prepared to drop a cool $100M into their budget? I'm guessing not.

Anonymous said...

"Put up unwanted babies for adoption. It's that simple."

Have you adopted an unwanted child? Are you aware of how that process work and the challenges involved?

If yes, good for you, but it's not a solution for everyone.
If not, you should really STHU.

Anonymous said...

You people (8:56, simple minds at 9:21, Krusatyr at 9:35, 10:03...) who want to force a poor woman or female child to have to suffer through pregnancy and childbirth because some perverted family member raped her are absolutely inhuman! Who in the hell do you think you are? What about HER life!?!?

Anonymous said...

AG Fitch states: "We argued before the Court in December . . . ."
Who is "We"? Which lawyer(s) actually made the oral argument before the US Sup Ct on behalf of the State of MS? Who wrote the appellate briefs for State of MS? Who did the legal work on this case in the trial court?
What role(s) did AG Fitch personally perform in this case?

Theca Jones of the Roguish Gent Podcast said...

I'm gonna find a Sherrif to arrest a baby if it kills the mother during Childbirth.

Anonymous said...


Only thing that gets "triggered" here in Mississippi is the little pantywaist'd liberals / Dim-O-Krats.

Anonymous said...

Pickering's Personal Paramour probably wanted a cabinet position too, but all she got was a desk position - "Get it, Bevis?" "Yeah, Butthead, meh, har."

Plus Trump likes 'em half LF's age, and, well, low mileage.

County Cletus said...

11:40 : odds are is that she lied to you.

Anonymous said...

Please, show us on the doll, @1:16, where Attorney General Fitch touched you.

Anonymous said...

So how does this affect IVF treatment? There is an estimate of 1.7 million embryos destroyed during the process. Will this now create a problem for barren couples trying to get pregnant?

Anonymous said...

Too bad Lynn's mom wasn't prochoice

Anonymous said...

Abortion beliefs aside Fitch didn't do a dang thing. The legislature passed the law and real attorneys pursued the case. Fitch did about as much as Dobbs.

Anonymous said...

8:41 AM again. I told you that 1998 MSSC case was going to be a problem for Lynn. https://mississippitoday.org/2022/06/27/mississippi-abortion-fight-1998-case/

Anonymous said...

Did the lady Attorney General steal your significant other? You have a very bad case of the green-eyed monster called jealousy.

Anonymous said...

This may get interesting;

https://yallpolitics.com/2022/06/27/three-mississippi-district-attorneys-say-they-will-not-prosecute-abortion-cases/

Anonymous said...

Our nation was founded on, amongst other things, the principal that church and state should be kept separate. Defining when a fertilized egg, embryo, fetus, or whatever becomes a person is perhaps one of the hardest issues to unravel from religious beliefs. The judicial system is not the venue for making this determination. This is an issue that must be resolved by Congress. Either our nation recognizes that we separate church and state and therefore follow what the scientific majority agree is an acceptable period for an abortion, and specifically codify or amend the constitution to state when a potential child becomes a human and is granted the right to life under our Constitution, or we let the states or judicial system handle it and continually fight about the issue as they cannot separate abortion from church and state. Congress must either codify specific abortion rights or amend the constitution to define when a our nations rights attach to a mass of growing cells. Instead they will most likely revert to tinkering with interstate commerce law and Medicaid requirements, while the Supreme Court reviews prior case law on which Roe was built, which is a waste of time as the decisions are sound and Roe is the anomaly, and blue and red states will continue to argue because they are both collectively ignorant. That’s my inflated 50 cents, God bless America or stay the hell out of it whatever floats your boat.

Anonymous said...

Is it really necessary to have the separation of church and state discussion? How about we just rely on science? Of course, it is science driving the positions on things like COVID vaccines and climate change. If science classifies that cytoplasm contained in a drop of water on Mars is life, then certainly, a human fetus should be treated the same.

Anonymous said...

For all of you that judge women that make choices about Their bodies/livelihood, how many black babies have you fostered or adopted to adulthood including Fitch, Reeves, Wicker and Smith? Oh I forgot, you avoid children of color by hiding in your gated country club neighborhoods, send your kids to 99% white private schools and preach to them to not date or marry black people. These unwanted black babies will now populate your white communities, burden your tax sytems since YOU will not take care of them and possibly impregnate your innocent offspring. Take that America Back you hypocrites:)


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