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“Mississippi ‘Personhood’ Amendment Vote Fails”

Personhood USA was the leading group behind Mississippi’s failed personhood amendment proposal in 2011, a proposal the organization said at the time it hoped to advance in every state. Groups that oppose abortion have not united behind that effort, though. A personhood amendment proposal in Colorado, for example, failed to get the backing of the Catholic Church, the Colorado Eagle Forum or […]

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“New Anti-Abortion Strategy Pays Off”

According to Stateline, the news service of the Pew Center on the States, 2012 brought “a near-record number of anti-abortion laws and provisions” at the state level. See other Stateline articles dealing with abortion, as well.

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Legal Information Institute

The Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School is a not-for-profit group that believes everyone should be able to read and understand the laws that govern them, without cost. They provide free access to the law online and create materials to help people understand the law. Thomas R. Bruce directs the Institute.

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Derrick Harkins

The Rev. Derrick Harkins is the national director of interfaith outreach for the Democratic National Committee. He also serves as senior vice president for innovations in public programming at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

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