Fearing Voters Could Restore Abortion Rights, Republicans Seek Ban on Initiatives
Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights.
Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights.
Republicans are trying to block a Biden spending rule that they say will cut off millions of dollars to anti-abortion counseling centers.
Mississippi University for Women president Nora Miller announced “Mississippi Brightwell University” as the institution’s proposed new name.
Mississippians would have a right to use contraception protected under state law if Democratic lawmakers succeed in getting a proposed bill signed into law during
Mississippi Sen. Joey Fillingane, the Republican who authored Mississippi’s trigger law that banned nearly all abortions in the state, is falsely claiming that a new effort to enshrine a right to birth control in state law will legalize “morning-after abortions.” But morning-after abortions do not exist.
Navigating Mississippi’s strict abortion laws remains confusing for many residents more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down federal abortion rights in
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.
As the Magnolia State continues to lead the nation in stillbirth rates, the Mississippi State Department of Health is aiming to save 124 babies’ lives
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