Mississippi Abortion

GOP Lawmaker Lauds Potential Return Of 'Coat Hanger' Abortions

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.15.2012

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Republican Mississippi state Rep. Bubba Carpenter recently gave a callous assessment of a state anti-abortion law that critics have cautioned could cl...

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GOP Governor: Democrats' 'One Mission In Life Is To Abort Children'

The Huffington Post | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.25.2012

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Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R), in defending his decision to sign a bill that could shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic, told conservat...

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Laura Bassett

Mississippi Bill May Force State's Only Abortion Clinic To Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.05.2012

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By Robbie Ward STARKVILLE, Miss., April 4 (Reuters) - The Mississippi state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to impose new regulation...

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HuffPost's Laura Bassett Talks 'Personhood'

Huff TV | Posted 01.09.2012

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The Huffington Post's Laura Bassett appeared on Current TV's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on Tuesday to discuss Mississippi's Personhood amendment...

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Can a State Outlaw Abortion?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 01.08.2012

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Mississippi's "Initiative 26," the "Personhood Amendment" that goes before the voters of the Magnolia State today, appears doomed under the Constitution -- unless the membership of the Supreme Court changes significantly by the time such a measure reached the Justices.

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Christian Views On Social Issues: Abortion

Lisa Sharon Harper | Posted 01.08.2012

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Today, Mississippi voters will vote on "the Personhood Amendment," which would grant the status of legal person to a fertilized egg. The measure would effectively outlaw abortion in all circumstances.

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Laura Bassett

Mississipi 'Personhood' Law Leaves Legal Questions Beyond The Ballot

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.07.2012

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If Mississippians vote to pass an unprecedented initiative on Tuesday that would declare a fertilized egg a legal person under the state Constitution,...

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As Mississippi Debates Extreme 'Personhood' Amendment, Advocates Ask Where Are The Dems?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Mississippians are set to vote on a ballot measure this November that would redefine the word "person" in the state constitution to incl...

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Will Mississippi Voters Ban Birth Control?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.12.2011

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Mississippi voters will be allowed to decide on a ballot measure that defines "personhood" from the moment of fertilization, the Mississippi Supreme C...

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