Prayer Vigil Held For Abortion Ruling

Evansville IN

03 December, 2021

3:20 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN December 3, 2021 Dozens of people braved rain and chilly temperatures for a prayer vigil on Evansville's riverfront. Right to Life of Southwest Indiana conducted the vigil to pray for a Supreme Court ruling that it would consider a victory. The vigil was held shortly after the high court heard oral arguments on a Mississippi law that bans abortions at 15 weeks. The state is asking the court to strike down the 1973 Roe-versus-Wade ruling that legalized abortion in the first two trimesters of a pregnancy, and return to the issue to the states. Right to Life Executive Director Mary Allen Van Dyke told WNIN she's more optimistic now that conservatives have a 6-to-3 advantage on the Supreme Court. Former president Donald Trump chose three of the current justices. A decision on the Mississippi law is not expected before June. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.