Personhood

Anti-Abortion Preachers Take Aim at Blacks, Women and JayonceThe 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 Wednesday at a rally at Mississippi's last abortion clinic.
U.S. Supreme Court Halts Texas Abortion LawThe 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 ChildrenOnce again, Mississippi Public Broadcasting—which receives public dollars—has initiated a form of censorship to keep certain controversial content away from a Mississippi audience.
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 that the law was unconstitutional because it would force women …
Judge: Ala. Abortion Clinic Law UnconstitutionalA federal judge says an Alabama law restricting abortion doctors is constitutional.
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 for its OB/GYNs.
Lawsuit: JPD Has Long Harassed Pro-Life GroupsPro-Life Mississippi is suing the Jackson Police Department.
Miss. a Unique Legal Test for Abortion RegsThe 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 increase requirements for abortion providers.
No Life-at-Conception Proposal on '15 Miss. BallotMississippians will not vote on a new ballot initiative that would declare life begins at conception.
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.
Miss. Abortion Clinic Fight at Federal Appeals CourtThe future of Mississippi's only abortion clinic is in the hands of a federal appeals court.
Miss. Governor Signs Mid-Pregnancy Abortion BanMississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed a bill to ban abortion starting at the midpoint of a full-term pregnancy.
Using the KKK to Fight Abortion RightsGroups 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.
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 BanMississippi House and Senate members must work out differences on a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.