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Anti-Abortion Activists Target State Battlegrounds

In Mississippi, only one clinic remains

By Sarah Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 8, 2009 10:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – With President Obama in office, abortion is unlikely to become illegal under federal law anytime soon. So activists are taking their battle to the state level, pushing for complex rules and limits that make the procedure difficult to obtain, the Washington Post reports. "The states are the battlegrounds and certainly the testing grounds of new kinds of restrictions," said a lawyer for an abortion-rights group.

Mississippi, one of the most restrictive states, has only one abortion clinic. Law requires a 24-hour waiting period, and little public money is available. "We've got a glut of bills we fight every year," said a staffer at Planned Parenthood, which no longer performs abortions in the state. "Mississippi clearly has done all that we can within our current legal culture to end abortion here," an anti-abortion activist said.

Children and anti-abortion protesters gather at a Wichita, Kan., abortion clinic operated by Dr. George Tiller on July 21, 2001.
Children and anti-abortion protesters gather at a Wichita, Kan., abortion clinic operated by Dr. George Tiller on July 21, 2001.   (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
Flip Benham of Operation Save America leads anti-abortion supporters in prayer outside Mississippi's Jackson Women's Health Organization on July 15, 2006. It is the state's only abortion clinic.
Flip Benham of Operation Save America leads anti-abortion supporters in prayer outside Mississippi's Jackson Women's Health Organization on July 15, 2006. It is the state's only abortion clinic.   (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)
Protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church demonstrate during funeral services for Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kan., on June 6, 2009.
Protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church demonstrate during funeral services for Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kan., on June 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, FIle)
Dr. George Tiller was shot to death at his church on May 31, 2009.
Dr. George Tiller was shot to death at his church on May 31, 2009.   (AP Photo/Larry Smith, File)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 29 comments
Fondue
Jun 9, 2009 4:39 AM CDT
Sorry Dan, yes we do have freedom of choice when it comes to god(s). I knew there would be one in here. Dan, you come off as a theocratic tyrant - ready to cram God down my throat and Jesus up my ass.
Doctor-Zaius
Jun 9, 2009 2:25 AM CDT
NMD, that is a douchey comment.
Doctor-Zaius
Jun 9, 2009 2:22 AM CDT
If she can't afford to have the kid and has it anyway you and I are paying for that choice.

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