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Anti-Abortion Activists Target State Battlegrounds

In Mississippi, only one clinic remains

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(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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DeniseVB
Jun 8, 09 10:57 AM CDT
Nut jobs. Nothing says Pro-Life like Murder. Sigh. Reply
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Doctor_Zaius
Jun 8, 09 10:57 AM CDT
Killing for life is like fornicating for chastity. Reply
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myvoice
Jun 8, 09 11:35 AM CDT
what is sad to me is these people think an unborn fetus is more important than an adult life. Killing in the name of ....... WTF?!!
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godawgs
Jun 8, 09 11:40 AM CDT
Again it goes to the circumstances of the procedure. I think that if the mother is going to be harmed by the birth of the child then abortion is an option, but when we go to the abortion for any reason or as a form of birth control you start to have issues. In the correct circumstances (rape, incest, molestation, etc) it can also be considered as an option. I just don't like the you can get an abortion for any reason and time logic.
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Toon
Jun 8, 09 3:53 PM CDT
godawgs, don't you find it interesting that Roeder killed a doctor who would NOT preform abortions for just any reason? Dr. Tiller was a man who only offered his service to women who had another doctor's recommendation and the cases he worked on were the ones that fit the life and health standard.
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