By Dave Andrusko For good reason, all the attention Monday was paid to the Supreme Court’s decision to issue a stay thus allowing nine (or ten) Texas abortion clinics to remain open while the Justices consider whether to hear an appeal of two provisions of Texas’...
Communications Department
202.626.8825
mediarelations@nrlc.org
Press Room News / Mississippi
NRL-Endorsed Trent Kelly wins Mississippi Runoff
By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director On June 2, National Right to Life-endorsed District Attorney Trent Kelly (R), a colonel in the National Guard, soundly won the special runoff election to replace the late Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R). The runoff was...
National Right to Life Endorses Trent Kelly in Mississippi Special Runoff
Trent Kelly will be a “strong pro-life voice in the U.S. House” WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee Friday endorsed Trent Kelly for the U.S. House of Representatives in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District special runoff to replace the late Rep. Alan...
Mississippi abortion clinic tells Supreme Court it should not hear appeal of decision that barred state from enforcing admitting privileges requirement
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. A tip of the hat to LifeNews. Last week attorneys for Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi’s lone remaining abortion clinic, asked the United States Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of a decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit...
5th Circuit refuses to reconsider decision striking down Mississippi law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges
By Dave Andrusko Earlier today the full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a ruling by a three-judge panel which blocked Mississippi from enforcing a law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The court...
Court strikes law that would have closed Mississippi’s last abortion clinic
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This story first ran July 30. It is an analysis of the brilliant dissent to a decision by a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel which gutted Mississippi’s law requiring that abortionists have admitting privileges at a nearby...
Mississippi asks 5th circuit to reverse decision overturning law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges
By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday the attorney general for the state of Mississippi asked the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a 2012 law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges, a law struck down in July by a divided three-judge panel....
Appeals Panel strikes down law that would have closed Mississippi’s last abortion clinic
By Dave Andrusko A split three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down a Mississippi law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Just last March a separate three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit,...
5th Circuit to hear Mississippi law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges in local hospital in April
By Dave Andrusko The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has notified both sides that it will hear oral arguments April 28 in a lawsuit brought against a 2012 Mississippi law that requires abortionists to have local hospital admitting privileges. The lawsuit was...
Mississippi House panel moves to prevent Internet abortions
Public Health and Human Services Committee acts today JACKSON, MISS. — Under the leadership of Chairman Sam Mims, R-McComb, the Public Health & Human Services Committee in the Mississippi State House of Representatives passed pro-life Senate Bill 2795 today. ...