Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s sole remaining abortion clinic, will go out of business on July 7, pending its lawyers’ appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court. But the scene out front on the last day that the clinic is open remains very lively: A young woman who supports the Pink House, as JWHO is called, holds up a neon pink poster proclaiming abortion is protected under the right to privacy.
Read MoreJust 10 days ago, the archbishop of San Francisco publicly castigated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. – the first woman to hold that office, a graduate of a Catholic women’s college, and a lifelong practicing Catholic – because she is pro-choice.
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Texas to effectively deputize its residents to block abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. At least eight other states, including Mississippi, are considering copy-cat laws.
Read MoreBy 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.
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