Validity of law banning abortion in Mississippi uncertain
A group of anti-abortion doctors in the state say the validity of the law banning most abortions remains uncertain. The doctors argue in a lawsuit filed today that…
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A group of anti-abortion doctors in the state say the validity of the law banning most abortions remains uncertain. The doctors argue in a lawsuit filed today that…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s last abortion clinic on Tuesday dropped its lawsuit that sought to block the state from enforcing a law that bans most abortions. The action came a day after clinic owner Diane Derzis told The Associated Press that…
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has voted to restore abortion access nationwide. It's Democrats' first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. But the…
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court with hopes of reopening the clinic next week. Jackson Women’s Health Organization closed its doors…
By SEUNG MIN KIM, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect access to abortion, delivering impassioned remarks condemning the Supreme Court decision that ended that constitutional right.…
Mississippi’s trigger law banning most abortions is now in effect. That means nearly two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights, Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has closed. Doctors…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi judge has rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a state law that would ban most abortions. Judge…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys argued over abortion laws Tuesday in three Southern states in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave states the power to limit or outlaw the termination of pregnancies. In Mississippi, a judge held…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing Tuesday to consider a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge has set a Tuesday hearing in a lawsuit by state’s only abortion clinic, which seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. A temporary restraining order would allow the…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block a state law that will ban most abortions. The lawsuit says the Mississippi Supreme Court issued a ruling in 1998 that recognized a right to abortion in…
With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Catholic churches across the country are celebrating the decision. News 25 visited St. James Catholic Church in Gulfport to meet Father Ryan…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has taken a step to activate a law that will ban most abortions in the state. The 2007 state law says the Mississippi attorney general must publish an administrative notice if…
This morning, in according to state law, Attorney General Lynn Fitch published the required certification for what is known as the state’s trigger law. “Mississippi’s laws to promote life are solid and thanks to the Court’s clear and strong…
Pro-Life Mississippi was excited about the decision made today in the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Case. Overturning the Roe and Casey decisions now returns the abortion issue…
The Supreme Court choosing to overturn Roe v. Wade has created a lot of noise in the state of Mississippi. The American Civil Liberties Union believes the ruling…
Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith both gave statements regarding the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Senator Wicker authored a congressional brief supporting Mississippi’s case. He said the state…
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion…
Governor Tate Reeves came down to the Coast for a safety initiative press conference, but we were able to ask him…
The bombshell leak of a draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion nationwide has set the country on course for an even more polarized and fluctuating landscape of abortion…
Officials in Mississippi say if the Supreme Court does overturn Roe v. Wade, it puts the decision back in the states’ rights. In…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published…
This weekend was the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade that allowed abortions across the United States. Every year in January, the March…
The nation looks on while the Supreme Court hears arguments on Mississippi abortion laws. Locally, students at St. Patrick High School in Biloxi…