Mississippi In Last Place for Vaccinations as Biden Administration Announces ‘Month of Action’

President Joe Biden has declared a vaccination “National Month of Action” to get the U.S. to herd immunity against COVID-19, alongside a slew of public health initiatives to close the remaining vaccine gap in the country.
The Troubling Past of Forced Sterilization of Black Women and Girls in Mississippi and the South

Much like the North Carolina legislators, those in Mississippi based their arguments on claims about who is fit to have children, specifically those on government assistance. Rep. Walter Meek of Eupora, Miss., said that “the State of Mississippi is subsidizing illegitimacy through welfare payments, and that the moral structure has completely broken down in some segments of society.”