Mississippi is already the poorest state in the nation, with many women living in rural health care deserts, as well as the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and infant and maternal mortality of any state.

News, Public Health, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellJuly 1, 2022poverty, abortion, abortion ban, Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi abortion clinic, health care desert, Roe V. Wade, single. mothers, the pink house, planned parenthood, Plan A health, birth control

Mississippi abortion rights supporters lay plans for a post-Roe v. Wade world

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Even as pro-choice activists protested at “Ground Zero” for the nation’s fight over abortion, they were already shaping strategies for a post-Roe v. Wade world.

News, Mississippi NewsJerry MitchellDecember 6, 2021U.S. Supreme Court, Roe V. Wade, abortions, abortions ban, Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Reproductive Rights, pro-choice, SHERo, Michelle Colon, Planned Parenthood, Black women's roundtable, Mississippi in action, NARAL, PlanAHealth, the Pink House

U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at Roe V. Wade by deciding to hear Mississippi Case

By considering Mississippi’s 2018 law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, the U.S. Supreme Court is tipping off its plans to chip away at the right to abortion, experts says.