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Howard Ball is what s known in Yiddish as a
kochleffel literally, a pot stirrer. He spent years fighting for civil rights and racial equality in the South and getting himself into what the late U.S. representative John Lewis called good trouble. Now 83, Ball has written 37 books, including several since his 2002 retirement from the University of Vermont, where he is professor emeritus of political science and a former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. His latest book,
Taking the Fight South: Chronicle of a Jew s Battle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, is a memoir of 1976 to 1982, when Ball; his wife, Carol; and their three young daughters lived in Starksville, Miss. Ball s family and friends were flabbergasted by his decision to teach at Mississippi State University. He writes that his mother called him
Mississippi close to having most-restrictive abortion law
By JEFF AMY and SARAH MEARHOFFMarch 9, 2018 GMT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what would be the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state’s only abortion provider pledged to sue, and the attorney general said he expected a tough legal battle ahead.
Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Legislature appeared to not only expect, but to encourage, such challenges in hopes the issue will eventually make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The House voted 75-34 in favor of the bill , and Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said again Thursday that he would sign it. Because of necessary paperwork, it won’t reach his desk until next week. The Senate passed the measure Tuesday.
Mississippi law will ban shackling inmates during childbirth
By Emily Wagster Pettus/The Associated Press 5 hours ago
JACKSON Mississippi will join a growing number of states and the federal government in banning the use of restraints on women giving birth in a jail or prison.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed House Bill 196, the “Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act.” It will become law July 1.
It says leg restraints and handcuffs cannot be used on an inmate who is pregnant or in labor unless a jail or prison employee believes she may harm herself, the fetus or any other person, or unless she is believed to be a flight risk.
Mississippi law will ban shackling inmates during childbirth
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press
April 16, 2021
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Mississippi will join a growing number of states and the federal government in banning the use of restraints on women giving birth in a jail or prison.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed House Bill 196, the “Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act. It will become law July 1.
It says leg restraints and handcuffs cannot be used on an inmate who is pregnant or in labor unless a jail or prison employee believes she may harm herself, the fetus or any other person, or unless she is believed to be a flight risk.