Examiner.com, July 12, 2012 by Karen Graham U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, in a ruling this morning, declared that the Mississippi anti-abortion law, signed by Republican Governor Phil Bryant in April will remain blocked. It’s unclear how long the law will be delayed. Judge Jordan delayed the law’s implementation on July 1, […]
July 11, 2012
Jackson Free Press, July 11, 2012 by R.L. Nave and Donna Ladd JACKSON — After a two-hour hearing this afternoon, a federal judge agreed to extend a temporary restraining order that allows the Jackson Women Health’s Organization, Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, to remain open. U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan said he wanted time to […]
July 1, 2012
Maddow Blog, July 1, 2012 by Laura Conaway Moments ago, a federal Judge issued a temporary restraining order against a Mississippi law that would have closed the state’s only abortion clinic. The law, which went into effect today, requires doctors at the clinic to get admitting privileges to local hospitals. The doctors have tried to […]
June 29, 2012
NPR News, June 29, 2012 by Debbie Elliott A new Mississippi law requires doctors who perform abortions in the state to be board-certified OB-GYNs. They also must have privileges to admit patients at a local hospital. The law is regulatory in nature, but at a bill-signing ceremony in April, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves was […]
May 22, 2012
Huffington Post, May 22, 2012 by Laura Hibbard Catherine Furey, a 38-year-old mother of five from Salford, UK died after drinking industrial-strength vinegar in an attempted at-home abortion, the Manchester Evening News reports. Furey’s sister-in-law, 33-year-old Dawn Chadwick, was charged with manslaughter for supplying the concentrated substance, but has now been cleared of any charges […]
May 21, 2012
Clarion Ledger, May 21, 2012 by M.A. Gowen Why does Gov. Bryant hate women? The people of Mississippi voted against the Personhood. Are Bryant and Lt. Gov. Reeves so naive as to think that they can stop a woman from having an abortion if she really wants one? I worked at Baptist Hospital in the […]
May 21, 2012
Huffington Post, May 21, 2012 by Hayley Rose Horzepa After being raped by two men when I was just fifteen years old, I understand the value of choice. Maybe that’s because I never had one. The trauma I experienced reminds me of the abortion ban Mississippi law makers are pushing through their state legislature. Had […]
May 17, 2012
ACLU Blog, May 17, 2012 by Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Yesterday, a video leaked of Mississippi Representative Lester “Bubba” Carpenter (pictured above) gloating that he and his anti-choice cronies had passed a bill that could effectively put an end to safe, legal abortion in the state of Mississippi. The money quote: It’s going to be challenged, of […]
May 17, 2012
ACLU, May 17, 2012 by Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Yesterday, a video leaked of Mississippi Representative Lester “Bubba” Carpenter (pictured above) gloating that he and his anti-choice cronies had passed a bill that could effectively put an end to safe, legal abortion in the state of Mississippi. The money quote: It’s going to be challenged, of course, […]
May 16, 2012
RH Reality Check, May 16, 2012 by Soraya Chemaly Prosecuting women based on the outcomes of their pregnancies violates their constitutional rights and is cruel and unusual punishment. And yet, this is what is happening. Last week, the Indiana Supreme Court declined to drop feticide and murder charges against a woman named Bei Bei Shuai, who has been […]
May 14, 2012
The Maddow Blog, May 14, 2012 by Laura Conaway Last month, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a law requiring doctors at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges in a local hospital. Mississippi has one clinic left, where, because of the state’s anti-abortion climate, they commute to work from Alabama. It’s no secret that Mississippi Republicans, […]
May 13, 2012
Detroit News, May 13, 2012 by Pauline Arrillaga Denver— Wanda Ramey stood on the University of Colorado campus, cane in one hand, “Close the Pay Gap” sign in the other. The rally for equal pay among women in the workplace was the 65-year-old spitfire’s second stop in a day of meetings and protests. Ramey’s top […]
May 3, 2012
New York Times, May 3, 2012 by KJ DELL’ANTONIA Teen pregnancy rates are at a 30-year-low (and births to teenage mothers are down as well, to 34.3 births per 1,000 girls 15 to 19 years old in 2010, the lowest rate since the government began keeping track in 1940). Today, the Centers for Disease Control […]
May 1, 2012
MIT Tech, May 1, 2012 by Mike Veldman Last Saturday, a rally was held at City Hall to protest the nationwide uptick in proposed and codified restrictions on access to abortion and contraception. The feeling shared by many women’s rights advocates is that the nationwide pro-life movement has become bolder, more extremist and, worst of […]
April 29, 2012
The Root, April 29, 2012 by Tamara Tunie Your Take: Mississippi’s new law blocking access is one reason, says Law & Order: SVU actress. I have a good friend who comes to mind a lot lately, now that it seems barely 24 hours can pass without the news reporting on some new bill or state […]
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