Posts Tagged ‘Fertility’

Personhood opponents angry over new life-at-conception bill

by Associated Press Published: March 2,2012

Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bill, births, contraceptives, doctors, elections. votes, family planning, Fertility, health, health care, law, lawmakers, legislative branch, Legislature, medical, medicine, Politics, pro-choice, pro-life, research, state government, voters, Voting

JACKSON — Opponents say they are angry that Mississippi lawmakers are considering proposals to declare life begins at conception, months after voters rejected a similar constitutional amendment. Several bills would also put new restrictions on abortion in a state that already requires a 24-hour waiting period before any abortion can be performed and parental consent [...] [...]

MBJ Editorial: Gov. Barbour shows thoughtful leadership on Initiative 26

by MBJ Staff Published: November 3,2011

Tags: abortion, banking and finance, birth control, courts, economic development, economy, education, environment, federal government, Fertility, Haly Barbour, healthcare, higher education, Initiative 26, intrauterine devices, jobs, manufacturing, Mississippi Business Journal, municipal government, Personhood, Phil Bryant, pre-embryonic personhood, recession, republican, retail, Roe V. Wade, state agency, state government, unemployment

Gov. Haley Barbour’s comments last week that he has concerns over ballot Initiative 26 that seeks to define a “person” in state law should be all we need to hear as we go to the polls this week. There is no question where Barbour stands on abortion as a conservative Republican who was on the [...] [...]

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