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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 28, 2019

Center for Reproductive Rights files suit against “Heartbeat bill”

The Center for Reproductive Rights has announced a suit has been filed against SB 2116, the Heartbeat bill that would effectively restrict abortions around the 6-8 week gestational period. JWHO 6 week heartbeat ban l… by on Scribd FILED: We’re challenging a 6-week abortion ban in Mississippi. We blocked the state’s 15-week ban just months…
News  |  Courtney Ingle  • 
March 28, 2019

Legislature kicks the can down the road on ESA–though hope for next session is unknown

The Education Scholarship Account has received the same amount of funding of $3 million as last session, proverbially kicking the can down the road until next year for any expansion or extension of the program. The ESA program is set to end in 2020.  After efforts to expand or extend the ESA this year failed,…