Tag Archives: Mississippi
Maddow interviews the Mississippi OB-GYN fired for being pro-choice
TweetLast night, Maddow covered the story of Dr. Carl Reddix, the doctor who’s been fired from the state board of health in Mississippi because he’s pro-choice. Reddix is an African American Harvard and Johns Hopkins-trained doctor from Mississippi. As Maddow points out, Mississippi should be thrilled to have him on their state board of health. [...]
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Mississippi Governor: Democrats’ ‘one mission in life is to abort children’
TweetOh yes, he did: Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R), in defending his decision to sign a bill that could shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, told conservative radio host Tony Perkins on Tuesday that Democrats’ “one mission in life is to abort children.” “Even if you believe in abortion, the hypocrisy of the left that now tried [...]
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Quick Hit: Mississippi’s one abortion clinic may be forced into closure
TweetMississippi only has one abortion clinic, in the whole state, and that clinic is now at threat of being shut down with the signing of what reproductive rights activists call a TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) law. Under these laws, states come up with bogus regulations for clinics to have to meet or they [...]
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This is not a person (but soon it might be called one in Mississippi)
Tweet Image via Last reminder: Today Mississippi is voting on an amendment that would take legal rights away from women and give them to fertilized eggs. Yesterday a survey found voters perfectly split–with 45% supporting the amendment and 44% opposed. That means over 10% of voters still need to hear just how extreme this initiative [...]
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Anti-choice Mississippi lawmaker: Sure, women may turn to coathanger abortions “but hey…”