Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi’
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Mississippi Abortion Ban
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2021Media Contacts: press@prochoice.org; 202-918-7768 Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO), a challenge to Mississippi’s abortion ban that threatens to dismantle Roe v. Wade. This is the most consequential abortion rights cases in generations, as it is the first time in 50…
Read MoreLeading Health Organizations File Amicus Brief on Behalf of Abortion Providers Opposing Mississippi Ban
For Immediate Release: September 20, 2021Media Contacts: press@prochoice.org; 202-918-7768 Health care professionals share personal accounts, correct misconceptions about abortion advanced by Mississippi’s 15-week ban WASHINGTON — Today, on behalf of a diverse group of health care professionals, leading medical organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case, brought by…
Read MoreBREAKING: Jackson City Council passes buffer zone
Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on Jackson, Mississippi health center buffer zone: “We applaud the Jackson City Council for approving a 15-foot buffer zone near the front entrance of health care facilities. We are proud to call Jackson Women’s Health a NAF member…
Read MoreWhat’s happened since the Supreme Court’s Whole Woman’s Health decision?
We have received a number of requests to have our “The Burden is Undue” rally signs you’ve seen everywhere available as a t-shirt. So, we had to make it happen! You can purchase one of these shirts here. Make sure you order your shirt before July 20th to get it in the first batch to…
Read MoreAnother Attempt To Close Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic
Early Monday morning, NAF member Jackson Women’s Health Organization was vandalized. In the early morning hours, a masked intruder trespassed onto the property where he cut power lines, damaged a generator the clinic is required to have onsite by the state, and destroyed the clinic’s security cameras. These tactics, unfortunately, aren’t new. Since 1977, there…
Read MoreAdmitting Privileges Case Could be Heard by Supreme Court
Last Wednesday, Mississippi asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a law aimed at closing the last remaining abortion clinic in the state. This politically-motivated and medically unnecessary law would force a physician providing abortion care to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and has been blocked by the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court because…
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