City & County
Anti-Abortion Preachers Take Aim at Blacks, Women and Jayonce
The rate of abortion in the African American community will hasten the downfall of McDonald's, Beyonce and Jay-Z as well as the black press, said several black clergymen who spoke …
National
U.S. Supreme Court Halts Texas Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Texas from enforcing key provisions of a 2013 law that would close all but eight of the state’s abortion facilities.
MPB: Don’t Treat Us Like Children
Once again, Mississippi Public Broadcasting—which receives public dollars—has initiated a form of censorship to keep certain controversial content away from a Mississippi audience.
Health Care
Abortion Clinic Gets Reprieve; Will It Last?
An effort to close Mississippi's last abortion clinic hit the wall on Tuesday, July 29, when two of three judges on a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined …
Judge: Ala. Abortion Clinic Law Unconstitutional
A federal judge says an Alabama law restricting abortion doctors is constitutional.
Personhood
5th Circuit: Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Stays Open
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a Mississippi law that would have required the state's only abortion clinic to obtain admitting privileges at a local hospital …
Lawsuit: JPD Has Long Harassed Pro-Life Groups
Pro-Life Mississippi is suing the Jackson Police Department.
Personhood
Miss. a Unique Legal Test for Abortion Regs
The fate of abortion clinics in four southern states falls in the hands of federal appeals courts that are currently hearing cases and deciding on the constitutionality of laws that …
Personhood
No Life-at-Conception Proposal on '15 Miss. Ballot
Mississippians will not vote on a new ballot initiative that would declare life begins at conception.
Personhood
Anti-Abortion Ballot Proposal Uncertain in Miss.
Organizers have little time left to push for a new Mississippi ballot initiative that would declare life begins at conception.
Health Care
Miss. Abortion Clinic Fight at Federal Appeals Court
The future of Mississippi's only abortion clinic is in the hands of a federal appeals court.
Personhood
Miss. Governor Signs Mid-Pregnancy Abortion Ban
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed a bill to ban abortion starting at the midpoint of a full-term pregnancy.
Civil Rights
Using the KKK to Fight Abortion Rights
Groups such as the Ashburn, Va.-based Radiance Foundation have used ads to cast abortion as akin to genocide of African American children. Others are crying foul play.
Personhood
New Mississippi Abortion Ban Empty, Unscientific?
A female Mississippi senator is questioning a 20-week abortion ban that awaits signature from Gov. Phil Bryant, saying the bill is not grounded in medical fact.
Miss. Senate Passes Amended 20-week Abortion Ban
Mississippi House and Senate members must work out differences on a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.
