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Hearing before U.S. Supreme Court on Miss. abortion law set for Dec. 1

Hearing before U.S. Supreme Court on Miss. abortion law set for Dec. 1

September 22, 2021

By William H. Perkins Jr.Editor The U.S. Supreme Court has set Dec. 1 as the hearing date for a Mississippi case that both pro-life and…

Mississippi Baptist response continues after double blow from hurricanes

IDA RESPONSE — Volunteers with the Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief ministry prepare a fallen tree for disposal on the campus of New Orleans Seminary, after Hurricane Ida made landfall in the New Orleans area on Aug. 29. (Photo credit: New Orleans Seminary)

Mississippi Baptist response continues after double blow from hurricanes

September 21, 2021

FIRST PERSON: International student searches for warmth in America, finds it at BSU

MINISTRY THROUGH FURNITURE — Eduardo Hernandez Escobar surveys the Furniture Giveaway for international students sponsored by the Baptist Student Union (BSU) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg. The El Salvador native is a senior at the university and active in the BSU at USM. (Photo credit: USM BSU)

FIRST PERSON: International student searches for warmth in America, finds it at BSU

September 20, 2021

185th Mississippi Baptist Convention

185th Mississippi Baptist Convention

September 14, 2021

Kitchen One demobilized after suspected COVID-19 infection

EARLY START – Volunteers from Mississippi Baptist churches fire up the tilt skillets and ovens before daylight on Sept. 4 at the Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief’s Kitchen One feeding unit in Jefferson, La., to begin preparing meals for victims of Hurricane Ida. The Category 4 storm left much of Louisiana and some sections of Mississippi without electrical power and other utilities. (Photo credit: MBDR)

Kitchen One demobilized after suspected COVID-19 infection

September 9, 2021

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Jan. 16 calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”