July 11, 2012 / MariaNews.com

Clinic wants abortion before safety

By Catholic Online

JACKSON, MS (Catholic Online) – The fate of a controversial Mississippi law designed to protect women is in the hands of a federal judge today. US District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III has stayed the law from going into effect while he decides if it violates existing laws that allow women access to abortion.

The Mississippi state legislature passed the law which requires, among other things, that doctors who perform abortions have hospital privileges and can accompany women to the hospital if complications arise from the procedure. Defenders of the law say it applies common-sense safety precautions to an inherently dangerous and invasive surgical procedure that is prone to complication.

Meanwhile, opponents, chiefly the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which is the state’s only abortion mill, says the requirement to have hospital privileges would cause “irreparable harm.”

State attorneys have countered, “inconvenience is not irreparable harm.”

Last month, Jordan issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the law from taking effect. Today, at 1 PM, Jordan is expected to decide what he will do next. Either he will make an immediate ruling from the bench, or he may delay proceedings further to issue a written ruling.

Both sides have been aggressive in their advocacy.

While the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision granted women access to abortions and denied the child’s Right to Life, it was modified by a 1992 decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey. That opinion has been construed to allow states to regulate abortions before children are considered to be “viable”. The very concept of “viability” has changed numerous times since that decision. With increasingly earlier survival rates for children born prematurely, the notion is becoming even more hard to define.

The decision in Casey case also directed that states may not place “undue burdens” or obstacles in the path of women seeking abortions. It is unclear if Jordan will rule that requiring a Doctor perfomring the procedure to have hospital privileges constitutes an “undue burden”.

Attorneys for the abortion mill say the legislature and governor have an anti-abortion agenda that has spurred the bill, rather than the obvious safety measures the bill provides for the women. They point to a statement made by Governor Bryant that he wants Mississippi to be an abortion-free state.

Regardless of the Governor’s personal stance however, the majority of people in Mississippi hope that Judge Jordan will rule for safety and uphold the law, particularly when it comes to a procedure that kills one-half of the patients who undergo it.

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June 30, 2012 / MariaNews.com

Mississippi to become only state without abortion clinic?  

By FoxNews

JACKSON, Mississippi –  Mississippi soon could become the only U.S. state without an abortion clinic as a new law takes effect this weekend. Critics say it would force women in one of the country’s poorest states to drive hours to obtain a constitutionally protected procedure or carry unwanted pregnancies to term.

Top officials say limiting abortions is exactly what they have in mind.

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants Mississippi to be “abortion-free.” The law takes effect Sunday.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/30/mississippi-to-become-only-state-without-abortion-clinic/#ixzz1zKkiQGty

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In on of the most historic votes of our generation, voters in Mississippi rejected the Personhood Amendment by a margin of 58 to 21 percent.

“Personhood USA understands that changing a culture – and changing a country – will not happen with one election, and so it is not unexpected. We thank the over one quarter of a million Mississippians who voted for Amendment 26,” said Keith Mason, president of Personhood USA, after the vote.

To put the amendment on last night’s ballot, Personhood Mississippi was required to collect and certify 89,285 signatures from registered voters. They exceeded that requirement by over 40,000 signatures.

Opponents said the measure would have made birth control, such as the morning-after pill or the intrauterine device, illegal. More specifically, the ballot measure called for abortion to be prohibited “from the moment of fertilization” — wording that opponents suggested would have deterred physicians from performing in vitro fertilization because they would fear criminal charges if an embryo doesn’t survive.

“Our opposition’s most successful tactics were steeped in falsehoods. Despite testimony from countless experts including the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, numerous high-profile attorneys, and board certified physicians and OBGYNs, Amendment 26 opponents falsely claimed that the measure would ban in vitro fertilization (it couldn’t), ban contraception (it wouldn’t), and give protections to “eggs” (it didn’t),” said Keith Ashley, from  PersonhoodUSA.com

This is not the end of the Personhood Amendment, rather just the beginning.   There are currently active petitions in all 50 states to add a Personhood Amendment to the ballot.  Visit www.PersonhoodUSA.com and click on your state to learn the details and status of the petition.

Related Articles:

1.  http://www.personhoodusa.com/blog/personhood-usa-commentary-following-amendment-26-vote

2. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-mississippi-fails-to-pass-personhood-amendment

3. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/08/mississippi-defeats-life-at-conception-ballot-initiative/

October 28, 2011  | LifeSiteNews.com 

(Jackson) - A constitutional referendum in Mississippi to declare all unborn children persons, which has the potential to permanently impact the national abortion debate, is on its way to become the first successful referendum of its kind in America, according to pro-life leaders.

Proposition 26, which will appear on this year’s November 8 ballot, would declare as persons “every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the equivalent thereof.” Although similar measures have failed in other states such as Colorado, leaders supporting the Mississippi measure say that the climate in their state is far more favorable towards personhood.

Read More: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/mississippi-personhood-amendment-has-excellent-chance-of-passing-say-pro-li