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Voters in California, New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, and New Mexico are selecting their GOP and Democrat nominees in several primaries on Tuesday as the signs of a red wave continue to brew off both coasts.

Pro-abortion groups have introduced a $150 million spending plan ahead of several competitive 2022 midterm races, Politico reported Monday.

The Connecticut state legislature is working on a pro-abortion counter to states like Texas and Idaho, which leave legal liability for abortions with doctors who perform the procedure.

The Republican-led Kentucky legislature overrode Beshear’s veto and passed a bill which outlaws abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The law would ban abortion in nearly every circumstance and punish physicians who perform abortions with heavy fines, jail time, or both.

Polis signed a law which guarantees the supposed “fundamental right to abortion” and denies all rights to unborn children at any stage.

More Americans favor the idea of a 15-week abortion ban than oppose it, according to a new poll from the Wall Street Journal. 

The Florida Senate passed a measure Thursday night banning abortions in the state after 15 weeks of gestation.

The effort to fight all of the tragic consequences of human trafficking includes protecting women from “coerced” abortions.

The Republican-controlled Arizona State Senate voted Tuesday in favor of legislation prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

A good Samaritan says, “the grace of God” helped her rescue two elderly women from a house fire in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Friday.

Like Mississippi and other states across the country, Florida lawmakers are advancing legislation that would protect the unborn from being aborted after 15 weeks gestation.

All black Democrat senators walked out of the Mississippi Senate to protest a vote on a bill prohibiting the teaching that any race is superior to another.

Former Vice President Mike Pence told Breitbart News exclusively that he is now certain thanks to pro-life activists’ work for the past nearly half century that Roe v. Wade will eventually be overturned, whether it be in a forthcoming ruling

Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that the Supreme Court has no right to question “what a fetus wants.”

MSNBC regular and The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal said Wednesday on “The ReidOut” that conservatives believe a fetus “should have the same legal rights as full-grown black people” while reacting to the Supreme Court oral arguments on Mississippi’s law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked if “the states or perhaps Congress,” rather than the Supreme Court, should decide questions about abortion.

MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal said Wednesday on MSNBC’s coverage of the oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case before the Supreme Court that it was “offensive” lawyers defending the Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy compared overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision to racial segregation.

Sen. Steve Daines said, in Dobbs, the Supreme Court has “the opportunity to defend our most fundamental right – the right to life.”

The case, “Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,” brings into question the the constitutionality of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will deliver a key speech in a series of policy-focused speeches on Tuesday morning focused on the fight against abortion as the U.S. Supreme Court begins considering a landmark case that has far-reaching implications for the future of life in the country.

Two legal scholars assert the claim the Founders understood abortion to be legal before noticeable fetal movement at 15-16 weeks is false.

Pro-life leaders will “Pray Together for Life” in advance of opening arguments at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a major abortion case.

JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL player Brett Favre has repaid $600,000 in state welfare money he accepted for speeches where he didn’t appear, but the state attorney general could sue Favre if he doesn’t pay interest owed on the amount, the Mississippi auditor said Wednesday.

The state of Mississippi has 24 additional firefighters following Thursday’s much anticipated graduation ceremony.

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is set to hear several major cases during its 2021-2022 term, which began on Monday.

More than 500 former and current female athletes filed an amicus brief Monday in which they called upon the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Mississippi law that would make abortions performed after 15 weeks of pregnancy unlawful.

The death toll due to Hurricane Ida reportedly reached at least four following a highway collapse in Mississippi while millions had no power and flooding continued to be a threat Tuesday, according to USA Today. 

Mississippi residents are preparing for Hurricane Ida’s arrival which may bring a strong storm surge, heavy rainfall, flooding, and possibly tornadoes, WAPT reported Sunday.

Teachers unions in several states are continuing to push for mandatory masks and vaccines for students while demanding the right to choose for adults.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed her opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending the constitutionality of her state’s 15-week abortion ban.

A full federal appeals court will rehear a panel’s decision that blocked Missouri from enforcing its ban on Down syndrome abortions.

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) released updated coronavirus guidelines for Mississippi residents on Friday, recommending everyone 12 and older get vaccinated and urging that vulnerable residents avoid mass indoor gatherings, regardless of vaccination status.

A national poll found a majority of likely voters support restrictions on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

A man from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was murdered after meeting to purchase an ATV he had found for sale on Facebook marketplace, according to police.

An 84-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Mississippi joined students from Port Gibson High School to receive his high school diploma on Friday.