Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won’t reopen
2 years, 5 months ago

Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won’t reopen

Associated Press  

— The Mississippi abortion clinic at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade has been sold and will not reopen even if it’s allowed to do so by a state court, its owner told The Associated Press on Monday. Derzis said people were calling her to ask about buying the building within minutes after the Supreme Court released its June 24 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and took away women’s constitutional protection for abortion nationwide. Mississippi was one of several states with a trigger law contingent on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Attorneys for the clinic cited a 1998 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that said the state constitution invokes a right to privacy that “includes an implied right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.” The state attorney general’s office argued that the 1998 ruling was rooted in U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1973 and 1992 that established or protected abortion rights but were overturned on June 24.

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Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion

Associated Press  

— The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade ended a lawsuit Tuesday in which it had sought to block the state from enforcing a law that bans most abortions. In West Virginia, Women’s Health Center began scheduling patients for abortions for as early as next week after …

Mississippi abortion clinic drops challenge to ban after sale
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi abortion clinic drops challenge to ban after sale

Al Jazeera  

Mississippi is one of several US states with a trigger law that went into effect after the Supreme Court’s June ruling. An abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi that was at the centre of the United States Supreme Court decision that overturned the landmark Roe v Wade decision has ended its lawsuit that sought to block the state from …

Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen
2 years, 5 months ago

Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen

Associated Press  

— Attorneys for Mississippi’s only abortion clinic filed papers Thursday asking the state Supreme Court to block a new law that bans most abortions and to let the clinic reopen next week. The clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is at the center of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and took away women’s constitutional protection …

Scramble as last Mississippi abortion clinic shuts its doors
2 years, 5 months ago

Scramble as last Mississippi abortion clinic shuts its doors

Associated Press  

— Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative Deep South state, with this bright-pink medical facility that is closing its doors Wednesday. Diane Derzis, who has owned the Mississippi clinic since 2010, drove to Jackson to speak …

The last abortion clinic in Mississippi closes its doors
2 years, 5 months ago

The last abortion clinic in Mississippi closes its doors

LA Times  

Just before dawn Wednesday outside the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Derenda Hancock propped a hand-scrawled placard on a folding chair. “This is the hardest day,” said the 63-year-old volunteer, lighting a cigarette as a boombox played Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’.” It was the last day of Mississippi’s last abortion clinic. Dubbed “The Pink House” for its bubblegum-pink exterior walls, the …

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working

NPR  

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working Enlarge this image toggle caption Rogelio V. Solis/AP Rogelio V. Solis/AP Mississippi's last abortion clinic — and the one at the center of the Supreme Court case used to overturn Roe v. Wade — shut its doors for the last time. The patients are "devastated" by the clinic's …

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions

Associated Press  

— As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions. “No one should be forced to live in fear like that.” Mississippi legislators passed the “trigger” law before the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the 1973 …

How Mississippi Brought Down Roe
54 years, 11 months ago

How Mississippi Brought Down Roe

Slate  

The state of Mississippi has just one abortion clinic: Jackson Women’s Health Organization, better known as the Pink House. And this very clinic was at the center of the recent Supreme Court decision that overruled Roe v. Wade: After Mississippi had passed a law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, the clinic sued a state health official, with the …

‘In some cases women are going to die’: Pink House Defenders fight to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic
2 years, 6 months ago

‘In some cases women are going to die’: Pink House Defenders fight to save Mississippi’s last abortion clinic

The Independent  

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What the US Supreme Court's review of abortion law could mean for Mississippi's 'Pink House'
3 years, 6 months ago

What the US Supreme Court's review of abortion law could mean for Mississippi's 'Pink House'

Firstpost  

With no doctors in Mississippi willing to do abortions, five out-of-state doctors rotate through Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The US Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments this fall over a Mississippi law that would limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a case designed to test how far a court remade under former President Donald Trump …

Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate
3 years, 7 months ago

Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate

Associated Press  

— The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi’s capital goes by different names. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments this fall over a Mississippi law that would limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — a case designed to test how far a court remade under former President Donald Trump is willing …

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