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Mississippi Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Overrule Roe v. Wade, Calling Case ‘Overwhelming’

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that upheld a woman’s right to an abortion before fetal viability. The brief is part of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case the nation’s high court is set to hear in the fall over Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.

Ashton Pittman July 22, 2021

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Fact Check: Gov. Reeves Falsely Says 15-Week Fetuses Survive Outside the Womb

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves erroneously claimed during a weekend interview that 15-week-old fetuses can survive outside the womb. That is at least seven weeks earlier than the point at which fetal viability becomes even marginally possible, scientific studies show.

Ashton Pittman June 7, 2021

Derenda Hancock holds her arms out to separate the crowd of abortion rights activists separated from protester Coleman Boyd as the two sides yell at one another

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Challenge to Roe v. Wade’s ‘Most Central Principle’ on Abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week abortion, “The Gestational Age Act.”

Ashton Pittman May 17, 2021

tate reeves and lynn fitch with gary jackson praying against abortion

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Supreme Court to Consider Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban: ‘Ideal Vehicle’ to Challenge Roe

Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban could soon make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with the court set to decide whether to hear it on Friday. The court announced plans to consider hearing the case yesterday evening—just as the U.S. Senate voted on a party-line basis to confirm President Donald Trump’s third pick to the high court, Amy Coney Barrett.

Ashton Pittman October 27, 2020

MFP Voices

From Mrs. Hamer to ICE Detainees: Hysterectomies Recall a Long History of Forced Sterilizations

A whistleblower says a doctor in a Georgia prison was sterilizing ICE-detained immigrant women without their permission. This is not new in the U.S. where Latina, Indigenous and Black women have long been forcibly sterilized. This eugenics was so common in Mississippi in the 1960s, in fact, that civil-rights hero Fannie Lou Hamer called it the “Mississippi Appendectomy” after it happened to her.

Jerry Flores October 5, 2020

Mississippi Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Overrule Roe v. Wade, Calling Case ‘Overwhelming’

Fact Check: Gov. Reeves Falsely Says 15-Week Fetuses Survive Outside the Womb

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Challenge to Roe v. Wade’s ‘Most Central Principle’ on Abortion

Supreme Court to Consider Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban: ‘Ideal Vehicle’ to Challenge Roe

From Mrs. Hamer to ICE Detainees: Hysterectomies Recall a Long History of Forced Sterilizations

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