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
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.
Mississippians are “all worse off” a year after Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office succeeded in convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn federal protections for abortion rights in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, her opponent said in a statement ahead of the anniversary.
A federal appeals court should block access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide, including in states where it remains legal, Mississippi’s attorney general and four state Republican members of Congress told a three-judge panel in briefs filed Wednesday.
Dozens of struggling Mississippi hospitals could soon receive $103 million in grant awards that could help keep them afloat if Gov. Tate Reeves signs Senate Bill 2372 and House Bill 271 into law after the Legislature sent both bills to his desk this week.
Efforts to expand Capitol Police’s jurisdiction over the City of Jackson and to reintroduce a more limited citizen-led ballot initiative process remain alive in the Mississippi Legislature.
A conservative litigation group filed a lawsuit this week to overturn Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice, with the goal of ending what may be a legal loophole protecting abortion rights in Mississippi.
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