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Governor reiterates his anti-abortion position

Associated Press — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:51:11 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant told several dozen pastors and other abortion proponents yesterday that he supports a bill that would ban the procedure once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. It’s similar to a bill that was filed and killed by a Senate chairman last year. “It would tell that mother, ‘Your child has [...]

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Trial set for Texaco’s appeal of $19M verdict

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:32:01 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Dec. 3 in Texaco’s appeal of a $19-million verdict for five women who alleged the oil company was responsible for their children born with disabilities and illnesses. A Hinds County jury ruled for the woman in 2010. Texas appealed the verdict. Supreme [...]

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Bill passed requiring pre-abortion fetal heartbeat check

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:36:29 +0000

JACKSON — A bill that would require physicians to search for a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion passed the Mississippi House yesterday The bill potentially would require women to have transvaginal ultrasounds of the sort that were contested in Virginia recently, because a heartbeat cannot be heard through a traditional ultrasound until five or [...]

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