Mississippi Heartbeat Law Seeks to Ban Most Abortions; Is the State Just Grandstanding?
JACKSON, Miss. (March 22, 2019) – Yesterday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill into law prohibiting abortions if doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat in most situations,ย defying a Supreme Court opinion effectively barring states from regulating...
Mississippi Bill Would Bar State Enforcement of Federal Bump Stock Ban
JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 29, 2019) –ย ย A bill filed in the Mississippi Senate would build on the foundation of legislation signed into law in 2016 and block state enforcement of Pres. Trump’s bump stock ban, along with certain future federal gun control...
Mississippi Bill Would Expand Vaccine Exemptions, Reject Federal Narrative
JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 23, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Mississippi Senate would authorize philosophical and religious exemptions from mandatory vaccines. Passage of the bill would also push back against federal vaccine narratives. Sen. Angela Burks Hill...