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On the recordMay 7, 2022
Our trigger law will go into effect, and we will ban abortions with the exceptions of rape and the life of the mother because of that trigger law that passed in 2007.
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Tate Reeves
Republican · Mississippi

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Tate Reeves discusses the implications of Mississippi's trigger law on abortion if Roe is overturned.

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