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Abortions illegal in Mississippi despite Supreme Court ruling ensuring medication access

Despite a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court ensuring the availability of the abortion medication mifepristone, most ... Read more

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BOBBY HARRISON: Wicker the only Mississippi Republican to weigh in on abortion ban proposal

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker was the only member of Mississippi’s Republican congressional delegation to respond to questions this ... Read more

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Mississippi has nation’s highest rate of stillbirths

Mississippi once again has the country’s highest rate of fetal death, according to data released by the Centers ... Read more

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Fitch certifies law banning abortion in most cases

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Monday certified the state’s 2007 trigger law banning abortion except in cases ... Read more

Columns

Leaked decision puts state on center stage in debate 

STARKVILLE — As predicted months ago, Mississippi is now the epicenter of America’s divisive, bitter abortion rights debate. ... Read more

Nation And World

Anticipating a landmark Supreme Court decision, states have been moving to restrict access to abortion

INDIANAPOLIS — In November of 2021, 23-year-old Texas resident, Tanya, learned she was pregnant. That was two months ... Read more

Columns

Supreme Court isn’t a medical board or legislature

At times, you might have been forgiven for thinking that oral arguments over the Dobbs case were being ... Read more

Columns

Abortion case seen as litmus test of Supreme Court in post-Ginsburg era 

STARKVILLE — Both pro-life and pro-choice Americans focus on a Mississippi abortion rights case that will be the ... Read more

Nation And World

Abortion law battles continue in states amid contentious new Texas law

ATLANTA — In the wake of controversial new abortion laws in Texas, states like Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi ... Read more

Columns

KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: FDA move the latest in a downward spiral

The Food and Drug Administration just gave the green light to abortion pills by mail. They are using ... Read more