Tag Archives: Mississippi

A WTF Moment in Mississippi

By Ashley Flint | Published: April 10, 2012

Tweet The ONLY ABORTION CLINIC IN MISSISSIPPI could be shut down? I read about this yesterday and…I honestly didn’t know how to respond. There are so many things that are problematic about this, let me count the ways… (1) There is only 1 abortion clinic in Mississippi! I repeat, there are ~1,526,057 women in Mississippi [...]

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Why Mississippi’s defeat of personhood is important

By Genie Leslie | Published: November 10, 2011

TweetFirst of all: Whooooooo!!!!! We did it!!!! I don’t know if I’ve ever woken up singing and dancing, but I did On November 9. Ok. So why is this a big deal? We know that personhood initiatives are in the works in other states, and less than twelve hours after our victory, we know that [...]

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Personhood and Mississippi

By Genie Leslie | Published: September 29, 2011

TweetAs a woman and a feminist living in Mississippi, I have to comment on the personhood movement and the upcoming vote in November for Amendment 26. Aiming to define life as beginning at the moment of conception, not only would abortion become illegal, but we could lose many types of birth control pills, contraceptives, in [...]

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