Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade has ended a lawsuit in which it was seeking to block the state from enforcing a law banning most abortions. Jackson Women’s Health Organization dropped its litigation a day after clinic owner Diane Derzis told The Associated Press that she sold the facility and had no intention to reopen it, even if a state court allowed her to do so. She plans to open a new clinic in New Mexico. Court battles over access to abortion are playing out in multiple states. On Tuesday (July 19, 2022), West Virginia’s only abortion clinic resumed scheduling patients for abortions. New restrictions on some abortions were in effect in Indiana.