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Judge saves Mississippi’s only abortion clinic …for now
Judge saves Mississippi’s only abortion clinic … for now A federal judge on Friday allowed Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic to stay open by giving it time to adjust to a new state law that beefs up professional requirements for the Jackson facility’s staff. But so far, the clinic has…
Judge continues to block Mississippi anti-abortion law
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Wednesday continued to block a law that would shutter the state’s only abortion clinic. “Today’s decision means a woman in Mississippi will continue to be able to make her own personal health care decisions in consultation with her family,…
Judge temporarily blocks law that would have closed Mississippi’s only abortion clinic
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi temporarily blocked a state law on Sunday that would have required Mississippi’s only abortion clinic to close its doors. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, in Jackson, posted a restraining order shortly after the law went into effect on July…
Mississippi’s closure of the state’s only abortion clinic challenged in court
Mississippi’s latest attempt to close its sole abortion clinic has been challenged as unconstitutional in an 11th hour legal challenge filed in a federal court on Wednesday. The challenge, by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), argues that the state law will threaten the health of women in Mississippi and…
Mississippi twins arrested for videoing police from their balcony
As nineteen year old Shanell Madison of Pearl, Mississippi tells it, she and her twin brother Terrell were sitting peacefully on the balcony of their apartment on Tuesday when they heard shots from a police shootout below. Then Terrell began recording the scene with his cellphone, and that brought the…
Newly-Passed Abortion Clinic Bill Puts Mississippi’s Sole Abortion Provider in Danger
Women in Mississippi may not have access to any in-state abortion clinics once Governor Phil Bryant signs into law HB 1390. The bill requires that all physicians who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and be board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. While this seems like a…
Mississippi Supreme Court asked to reconsider pardons of more than 200 convicted criminals
Mississippi’s state supreme court has been asked to rethink its decision to uphold the pardoning of more than 200 convicted criminals, including murders and rapists, by a former governor. In a motion for reconsideration filed in the state capital Jackson, state attorney general Jim Hood said granting a pardon implicated…
Romney woos Southerners: I had some ‘cheesy grits’ at the Hilton, y’all
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday appealed to Southern voters by proclaiming his love for grits. At an event in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the former Massachusetts governor declared that “strange things are happening to me” during his trip to Dixie. “I am learning to say y’all, and I like grits…
Activists: ‘It’s illegal to be openly gay’ in Mississippi
Police in Jackson, Mississippi on Thursday threatened to arrest LGBT activists for marching on the sidewalk, citing “safety concerns” and a lack of permit for the demonstration. GetEQUAL Mississippi lead organizer Zach Magee told Raw Story that the group applied for a permit but was denied, for reasons he suspects…
‘Personhood’ bill introduced to Mississippi legislature again
Three Republican and one Democratic Mississippi legislator have authored a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would defined “a person” as beginning at the moment of conception, according to Talking Points Memo. The Right to Life Amendment of 2012 is intended to ban abortion and to set up a…
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