What would happen if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade?
Mississippi offers a glimpse
A SMILING WOMAN stands in the driveway leading to Jackson Women’s Health Organisation, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi. Beside her, a large sign reads: “Bags for clinic patients here”. Though volunteers dressed in “clinic escort” vests gesticulate to drivers that they should ignore her, most stop and are handed a gift bag. Inside are images showing a fetus as it develops and a note assuring women: “You can be a great mama!”
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Legal and rare”
United States September 25th 2021
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- A professor’s resignation highlights pressures within academia to conform
- As shootings rose, 911 calls fell in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder
- What would happen if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade?
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