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Derenda Hancock leads a group of "clinic escorts" at the Jackson Women's Health Organization, the …

• May 24, 2019

Anti-abortion activist Coleman Boyd, who often protests outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization with shouting …

• October 1, 2019

July 2, 2012: Outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization, protester Ashley Sigrest talked about her …

• July 2, 2012

SB 2795 follows last year's effort to regulate abortion clinics, which is currently the subject …

• February 14, 2013

Sen. Joey Fillingane

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 …

The only abortion clinic in Mississippi is facing what could be its biggest challenge. The …

• May 24, 2021

Judge Blocks Ohio Law to Divert Planned Parenthood Money

A federal judge blocked an Ohio law aimed at keeping public money from going to Planned Parenthood, saying in a Friday ruling that the group stood to suffer "irreparable injury."

Abortion at Center as Women's Groups Offer Collins, Fitch Endorsements

EMILY's List, a Washington, D.C.-based group dedicated to helping elect more women to offices nationwide, on Tuesday endorsed Democrat Jennifer Riley Collins in the Mississippi attorney general's race.

Missouri is among half a dozen states that have passed sweeping anti-abortion measures. Missouri Gov. …

• May 28, 2019

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law Wednesday that bans abortion based on the …

• July 2, 2020

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the sole abortion clinic in Mississippi, received a permanent injunction …

• November 28, 2018

Rep. Adrienne Wooten, D-Jackson (left), and Rep. Omeria Scott, D-Laurel (right), both spoke against Senate …

• March 29, 2016

Donald Trump (left) and Mike Pence (right) are targeting the rights of women in the …

• November 7, 2016

[Lee] My Health Is At Stake

In 2008, I was living in Colorado and facing a ballot initiative known as Amendment 48 to the state Constitution. It aims to define personhood as beginning at the moment …

Fondren resident Scotta Brady, center left, stands with a few abortion-rights supporters amid a crowd …

• September 27, 2019

As the U.S. Supreme Court hears a Mississippi case Wednesday that could topple abortion rights …

• December 1, 2021

Supporters and opponents of abortion rights rallied, blared music and shouted taunts Wednesday during protests …

• December 2, 2021

Gov. Phil Bryant Calls Abortion ‘Black Genocide’' in Defense Hyde-Smith

Gov. Phil Bryant said black women are committing "genocide" when they get abortions in a bizarre defense of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's "hanging" remark.

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• November 13, 2018

The bill could spark a court challenge focusing on whether states can ban abortions before …

• March 8, 2018

House Faces ‘Pointless' Abortion Bill, More

The Mississippi House of Representatives return to Jackson tomorrow to deal with the last remaining items of business in its 2010 legislative session, after a fierce battle over what several …