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Personhood Mississippi: We Are Listening to Voters

Personhood Mississippi founder Les Riley sent out a statement this morning praising Personhood legislation in the Oklahoma Senate and promising further efforts in Mississippi that will address voters' concerns about contraception and in vitro fertilization.

Follow jfp.ms/personhood for more updates. Here is the statement, verbatim:

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Personhood Redux

by Elizabeth Waibel
February 15, 2012

Just three months after voters turned down a Personhood Initiative, at least one legislator is trying to get it back on the ballot.

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Person of the Day: Sen. Joey Fillingane

by Elizabeth Waibel
Feb. 14, 2012

Personhood supporters and detractors are still trying to sort out the ramifications and nuances of an anti-abortion resolution introduced yesterday. Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 555, seeking to amend the state Constitution to "protect the…

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Fillingane Introduces Anti-Abortion Resolution

Within the last couple of hours, Sen. Joey Fillingane introduced a resolution to amend the state constitution "to protect the life of every unborn child from conception to birth."

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Personhood: No Means No

by Valerie Wells
January 18, 2012

Lysistrata had a plan to end the 20-year Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. In the year 411 B.C., she gathered women in the warring region together for an important meeting. Then she told them her simple plan for a…

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Personhood Heads to the Capitol

Just over a week into the legislative session, we’re already seeing some movement on “personhood” bills, to define when human life and legal protections begin, similar to Initiative 26, which voters turned down in November.

Les Riley, founder of Personhood Mississippi, told the Jackson Free Press this…

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Personhood Stalled in Nevada, Arkansas

by Elizabeth Waibel
Jan. 6, 2011

As Mississippi voters rejected a proposed personhood amendment last November, Personhood USA and other supporters of the measure already had plans underway to promote similar initiatives in other states.

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Arkansas AG Tells Personhood to ‘Redesign’ Proposed Ballot Initiative

Earlier this week, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel sent sponsors of a proposed personhood ballot amendment back to the drawing board.

Among other objections, McDaniel said the proposed measure was misleading and ambiguous, and did not contain enough information about how the…

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Personhood’s Next Move

by Elizabeth Waibel
Nov. 23, 2011

Religious fervor illuminated much of the dialogue at a Yes on 26 event just moments after voters refused to pass a constitutional amendment to declare that people with legal rights exist at the moment of fertilization. Supporters of the initiative…

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Personhood Supporters Shocked, Undeterred

by Elizabeth Waibel
Nov. 9, 2011

See also Grassroots Mamas: 'We Did It!'

Supporters of Initiative 26 were unprepared for defeat Tuesday evening, as a group of about a hundred gathered at AJ's on the Lake in Ridgeland after the polls closed…

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Grassroots Mamas: ‘We Did It!’

by Valerie Wells
Nov. 9, 2011

Just before 10 p.m. last night, Lori Gregory Garrott ran out of her Fondren home, stood on the front lawn and looked around before shouting, "We just won!" She yelled again, louder: "We just won!" The co-founder of Parents Against…

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Mississippi Deals Personhood Movement a Resounding Defeat

Nov. 8, 2011 -- Tonight was not a good night for the national Personhood USA movement that tried to push Initiative 26 in Mississippi. The opponents took some 60 percent of the vote by the time it was called as a loss. The JFP had a crazy busy night on…

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Personhood Polls Surprisingly Close

by Elizabeth Waibel
Nov. 8, 2011

In this typically anti-abortion state, a recent poll suggests that the fate of the "Personhood Amendment" might be too close to call. Public Policy Polling found that 45 percent of voters support the amendment, 44 percent oppose it, and…

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Personhood Supporters: Barbour is Confused

by Lacey McLaughlin
Nov. 3, 2011

Mississippi medical professionals held a press conference yesterday to reassure Gov. Haley Barbour and others who have concerns about a ballot measure to define the word "person" in the state Constitution as every human being from the moment…

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Barbour: Legislature Better Place to Decide Personhood

By R.L. Nave
Nov. 3, 2011

Gov. Haley Barbour yesterday reiterated concerns he expressed earlier this week on MSNBC and Fox News about Mississippi's ballot Initiative 26, the proposed Personhood amendment.

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:: coverstories Grassroots Mamas Tell All 'This is How We Do It!' by Valerie Wells November 23, 2011 Lori Gregory-Garrott opened her front door suddenly and looked at her sleepy Fondren neighborhood with anticipation. It was just before 10 p.m. Nov. 8, Election Day. The neighborhood was quiet and… read more » » Personhood: A Pandora’s Box 5 » Inside Yes on 26 5 more cover stories »
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:: opinioncolumns [Gregory] Boots, Again by Lori Gregory Garrott March 21, 2012 Yesterday afternoon I got in my car and immediately wished I hadn't quit smoking five months ago. I had nothing easy and obvious to soothe the hand gestures and curse words that typically characterize me in high dudgeon. I… 28 read more » » [Head] Men: Hold Creeps Accountable » [Editor’s Note] Living in Hell 13 » [Publisher’s Note] Barbour: Don’t Marginalize Women 6 » [Letters] Vol. 10, No. 12 » [Editor’s Note] What the Mamas Taught Us » [Gregory] Don’t Mess With Mamas » [Queen] It’s About Women’s Rights 2 » [Barbour] Danger Looming Large » [Editorial] If Not Now, When? » [Spiehler] Where Is the Line? 13 » [Lee] My Health Is At Stake 1 » [Gregory] Ready, Boots? Start Marching! more opinion columns »
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:: recentcomments May 22, 2012 \| 04:26 PM One Night at Fenian's DonnaLadd: ... because if there is anything The Clarion-Ledger can muster the resources to do, it's show up any night of the week and take drunk pictures. Meantime, they crib our sports stories. ... May 22, 2012 \| 03:53 PM One Night at Fenian's Rico: Next time just call Metro Mix at the C-L and have them come and take some pretty pictures for the newspaper. Hell, the got some on karaoke night Monday. May 22, 2012 \| 01:15 PM Catholics Sue Over Birth Control Rule Brian C Johnson: I cannot decide whether this is a vanity lawsuit, in the sense that the bishops know they stand little chance of prevailing in court. Or to put it more charitably, ... May 22, 2012 \| 01:00 PM Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill Brian C Johnson: Darryl, I think it is simply a statement of fact that African Americans in Mississippi are less likely to have the required photo ID. If so, the new law is discriminatory in ... May 22, 2012 \| 11:25 AM Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill Duan C.: I am in agreement with Golden Eagle - requiring I.D. ties a fee into voting, the only reason why its considered "discriminatory" towards black, is because it places back into an era ... May 22, 2012 \| 10:22 AM Person of the Day: Rep. Andy Gipson RobbieR: What? I was clearly referring to Bennie Thompson, not Rep. Gipson. Rep. Bennie Thomson represents Mississippi's 2nd Congressional district; Darryl noted that he rep'd the ... May 22, 2012 \| 09:59 AM Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill justjess: Darryl, out of my "simple ignorance" I ask you this "little question:" Why are registered voters here in the State of Mississippi being asked to produce a picture ID? When the State ... May 22, 2012 \| 08:49 AM Person of the Day: Rep. Andy Gipson Duan C.: @ Robbie R - you lost me on that one? They have him listed in the 77th District - covering Rankin, Simpson, and Smith counties? May 22, 2012 \| 08:47 AM Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill bill_jackson: I would be interested to know what percentage of the voting age population does not have identification in this day and age. May 22, 2012 \| 05:14 AM Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill Darryl: Golden, I agree with the sense that this is essentially a poll tax. But it's a poll tax that'll be paid by all of the tax-paying Mississippians, not just those registering or wishing ...