Rykia Bernard writes on the hyper-polarization of women’s-rights issues, specifically in southern states, since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Laws banning abortions after six-weeks of pregnancy like Mississippi’s so-called fetal “heartbeat” law are “a terrible mistake,” former President Donald Trump said over the weekend.
A 13-year-old rape victim from Cleveland, Miss., who had no access to safe and legal abortion care in the state, gave birth around Aug. 14.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch needs to stay out of residents’ private health records and stop in her effort to identify those who have obtained abortions across state lines, her Democratic opponent Greta Kemp Martin said at the Neshoba County Fair.
Mississippi authorities need access to information about residents who obtain abortions or gender-affirming care in other states, Attorney General Lynn Fitch told the Biden administration in a June 16 letter.
“The overturn of Roe v. Wade has stripped constitutional rights away, caused dangerous situations, and has led to rampant misinformation that not only harms, but can kill women,” Rachele Chung writes.
Mississippi’s two highest-ranking women leaders, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, rejoiced over the weekend after a Texas federal judge blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
If Democrats choose Brandon Presley as their party’s nominee in the August 2023 primaries, the 45-year-old candidate from Nettleton, Miss., would likely face incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, who is running for re-election this year.
The parents of a teenage Mississippi rape victim had to travel more than 500 miles to help their daughter obtain an abortion in Illinois, WAPT’s Megan West reported. The family told the local Jackson anchor that they learned their daughter was pregnant three days beyond Mississippi’s legal limit of six weeks.
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