by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: abortion, baby, doctor, health, health care, medical, medicine, physician, pregnancy, pregnant, pro-choice, pro-life, public health, unwanted pregnancy
JACKSON— Mississippi’s only abortion clinic can’t meet the mandates of a 2012 state law, and the governor wants to shut it down. But the Jackson Women’s Health Organization is not quietly retreating. The law requires that the clinic’s doctors have local hospital admitting privileges. They can be hard to obtain, and some hospitals won’t give [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: agreement, health, health benefit, health care, insurance, job, layoff, low income, medical, medicine, poor, pregnancy, public health, social worker, state agency
JACKSON — Mississippi Medicaid officials will resume paying state Health Department workers to help women with high-risk pregnancies. The agreement, announced Friday, starts June 1 and runs through June 30, 2014. Medicaid has typically paid the Health Department more than $8.5 million a year for the program. The new agreement reverses last month’s decision by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, baby, bench, birth, court, decision, health, health care, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, license, medical, medicine, pregnancy, pregnant, public health, ruling, state law
JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic continued seeing patients yesterday, the day after a federal judge temporarily stopped the state from closing it. Several people wearing florescent yellow vests labeled “Clinic Escort” helped women find parking places and walked with them into the cherry pink building in a Jackson retail district. Outside an iron fence [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 2,2013
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, baby, birth, board, executive, governor, health, health care, medical, medicine, niominate, nomination, pregnancy, public health, state government
RIDGELAND — Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday he’s withdrawing his nomination of anti-abortion activist Terri Herring of Ridgeland to the state Board of Health. Bryant’s decision came after The Associated Press questioned whether Bryant was fulfilling requirements of a state law that specifies the board’s 11 members must come from certain parts of the state. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2013
Tags: abortion, abortion clinic, anti-abortion, baby, bill, birth, executive, fetal heartbeat, fetus, government, governor, health, health care, law, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, pregnancy, pregnant, pro-life, public health, religion, state
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 18,2012
Tags: abortion, baby, bench, birth, clinic, court, doctor, health, health care, inspection, judhe, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, physician, pregnancy, pregnant, public health, state agency, state government, state law
JACKSON — Health officials have inspected Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic, the first step in a process that could lead to its closure if a new state law survives a legal challenge. Following Monday’s inspection, the Mississippi Department of Health has 10 working days to issue findings. The Jackson Women’s Health Organization continues to perform abortions [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 16,2012
Tags: abortion, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, baby, bench, birth, court, health, heralth care, judge, judicial, law, medicine, pregnancy, pregnant, public health, Senate Judiciary Committee, state law
JACKSON — The future of Mississippi’s only clinic where women can get an abortion remains unclear after a federal judge’s ruling in a closely watched court case. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III ruled that a strict abortion law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature can take effect, but he gave the clinic more time [...] [...]
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