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Clinic escort Rose Kasrai leaves the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The clinic must stop providing abortions after a judge refused to block the state’s trigger law from taking effect. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘There will be women who will die’: Protesters, supporters look to the future on last day of legal abortion in Mississippi
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,07/07/22-11:00AM , 397 Reads 5,854 Statewide
When the last patient went inside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic on the final day of legal abortion in the state, escort Derenda Hancock packed up stray bottles of Coca-Cola and water next to the driveway she has guarded for nine years.
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Jackson Womens Health Organization staff escort a young woman away from shouting anti-abortion protesters in Jackson, Friday, June 24, 2022. After 50 years, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in a 5-4 vote. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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‘I have never been so beat down’: As the clock ticks on legal abortion, tensions rise outside the state’s only clinic
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,06/30/22-10:22AM , 494 Reads 10,509 Statewide
Until Mississippi’s trigger law banning abortion in most cases kicks in, tensions outside the clinic are likely to rise as clinic staff and escorts aim to ensure patients can make it to their appointments, while emboldened but frustrated anti-abortion demonstrators try to stop them.
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Dr. Cheryl Hamlin poses for a portrait outside of the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Dr. Hamlin travels from Massachusetts to Jackson to assist patients seeking abortions. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi abortion doctor contemplates post-Roe future
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,06/24/22-1:38PM , 781 Reads 14,722 Statewide
When the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, Dr. Cheryl Hamlin was at her computer researching ways to expand access to medication abortion in a post-Roe country.
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A demonstrator tries to distribute anti-abortion literature to patients as they arrive to the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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What does abortion look like in Mississippi now?
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,06/24/22-12:00PM , 465 Reads 13,164 Statewide
Abortion will likely become illegal in Mississippi in almost all cases within the next few weeks.
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