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Crisis Pregnancy Center information sought

Crisis Pregnancy Center information sought

July 15, 2022

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on June 24 overturning Roe v. Wade, the Baptist Record is assembling a comprehensive list of local…

FIRST PERSON: The Baptist Children’s Village next 125 years

CELEBRATING 125 YEARS — Sean Milner (right) executive director of The Baptist Children’s Village (BCV), talks with Bettye Coward (center), retired president of Baptist-affiliated Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, and Steve Jordan, missions specialist for Attala Association in Kosciusko and member of the BCV board of directors, during the BCV 125th Anniversary Celebration May 12 at the Village’s Support Center in Ridgeland. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

FIRST PERSON: The Baptist Children’s Village next 125 years

July 13, 2022

Plaque honors long, fruitful relationship between Mississippi College and Mississippi Baptists

PLAQUE DEDICATED — On hand for the Covenant of Cooperation historical marker dedication July 11 in front of the Leland Speed Library on the Mississippi College (MC) campus in Clinton are (from left) Ronnie Falvey, resource development director for Mission First; Daniel White, assistant professor, MC Department of English and Philosophy; Anthony Kay, executive director of the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission; Heather Moore, head of special collections, MC Leland Speed Library, Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission; Blake Thompson, MC president; and Shawn Parker, executive director-treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board. (Photo credit: Bruce Coleman)

Plaque honors long, fruitful relationship between Mississippi College and Mississippi Baptists

July 13, 2022

Abortion appeal scheduled; floating clinic coming?

Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Abortion appeal scheduled; floating clinic coming?

July 12, 2022

Abortion clinic fight moves to Miss. Supreme Court

ALL QUIET – A lone pro-abortion poster mounted on a tree limb is left outside the Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion clinic on North State Street in Jackson after the clinic ceased abortions under Mississippi’s trigger laws that banned the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Abortion clinic fight moves to Miss. Supreme Court

July 8, 2022

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.”