Fitch prepares to argue abortion ban

Fitch prepares to argue abortion ban

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Attorney General Lynn Fitch said at the Neshoba County Fair last week her office is working to fight the opioid crisis and to defend Mississippians’ Second Amendment gun rights.

Her team is also preparing to defend Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban this fall before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The case is Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization expected to be heard in November.

“We are asking the Supreme Court to have a discussion giving us a guidepost on viability,” Fitch said. “What is that line? It is blurred. Give us some direction so that the state can act within and understand that that is a strong line instead of a blurred line.”

Fitch said the court’s decision will impact not only Mississippi but the rest of the nation.

In her speech Fitch focused on highlighting the work her office has been doing over the past year and a half of her tenure.

Her staff never quit working for Mississippians throughout the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on ending human trafficking, fighting big tech and big pharma, equal pay for women and preparing to defend Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban before the U.S. Supreme Court, she said.

Fitch said all of those efforts have been in concert with partnerships throughout the state.

“First and foremost we have been partnering with and supporting our law enforcement, and we are so proud of them,” she said.

Her office also is working to fight the opioid crisis and to defend Mississippians’ second amendment (gun) rights and to fight companies that perpetrate fraud.

She is battling big tech companies that “should not be able to censor you” or curtail people’s rights. 

Fitch also said she is battling big pharma that she said charges people too much for life-saving pharmaceuticals such as insulin for diabetics.

“They should not as a diabetic have to risk their lives or ration their insulin or not take it or use expired insulin just to stay alive,” Fitch said. “So, I’m going after them with my team because insulin should be affordable to every Mississippian.”

Mississippi also has a human trafficking problem and Fitch said she has implemented an initiative called “Be the Solution” to encourage people to speak up when they believe children are being exploited.

“Fifty percent of those young victims are trafficked by family members and they do it for quick cash,” Fitch said. “They do it for drugs. How unfortunate to ruin someone’s life for that.”

“Be the Solution” trains and encourages school bus drivers, commercial drivers and others to recognize and report suspected human trafficking.

It is time for Mississippi to institute equal pay for women, she said, adding Mississippi is the only state in the nation without such a law.

“The national pay gap is 19%,” Fitch said. “In Mississippi, it is 27%. What would that be in real dollars? If we had equal pay right now it would be $6 billion a year into the economy — $6 billion. That is significant.”






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