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Not Just a White Thingnew
"I'm not sure how many of my sisters truly understand that there is a War on Women happening right before our eyes."
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folyan |
10-05-2012 |
The War on Women
Opening the Doornew
Lori Gregory-Garrott explains why she supports the Jackson Women's Health Center.
Jackson Free Press |
Lori Gregory-Garrott |
08-05-2012 |
The War on Women
Inside the Abortion Clinic Battlenew
The legal battle concerning the Jackson Women's Health Center.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-02-2012 |
The War on Women
Rally Protests Contraceptive Rulenew
American and Christian flags stood on equal footing in front of the U.S. Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., as about 60 people gathered to protest a rule that requires health-insurance plans to cover contraceptives.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-19-2012 |
The War on Women
Dr. Carl Reddix on 'Political Realities'new

Last summer, former Gov. Haley Barbour nominated Dr. Carl Reddix to serve on the state Board of Health. Reddix served on the board until April, when he learned the lieutenant governor had not referred his confirmation to the Senate Health Committee because of his ties to the Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-04-2012 |
The War on Women
Mississippi's Anti-Abortion Law Part of Nationwide Trendnew
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed the first major piece of anti-abortion legislation into law this week—a measure designed to close the state's only abortion clinic.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
04-19-2012 |
The War on Women
Preparing for Battlenew

Cristen Hemmins is a rape victim who opposes Mississippi's proposed Personhood amendment.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
09-15-2011 |
The War on Women
Woman on a Missionnew

Standing an easy 6 feet tall in her fashionable beige wedge sandals, Center for Violence Prevention executive director Sandy Middleton is a cool mix of southern elegance and graciousness and resolute determination.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
07-08-2011 |
The War on Women
Two Women Killed In Two Weeks: Where Does It End?new

We look at the lives and deaths of two very different women involved in very similar fatally abusive relationships.
Jackson Free Press |
Candy Hagwood, Donna Ladd and Ronni Mott |
09-27-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
It Won't Happen to Menew
After two domestic murders in less than a week, citizens of Jackson are asking, "Who is to blame?"
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
09-21-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
W-O-M-E-N: In Mississippi, Are Women on the Side?new
The role of women has progressed in Mississippi, but how far? Are women still left out?
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
03-19-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues