Mississippi Egg-as-Person Defeat
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Mississippi Personhood: They’re Baaaacccckkkk!

Mar 5, 8:53pm
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The new measure's language is more obtuse than the personhood initiatives of 2008 and 2010, enabling law enforcement officials to prosecute people who commit crimes against "unborn human beings."

Mississippi wants to take granting legal rights to fertilized eggs back to the voters, even though the voters already resoundingly said no.

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Message From Mississippi: Trust Women, And Leave Our Families Alone.

Nov 10, 4:59pm
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Red state, blue state — it doesn’t make a difference. The message to government is clear: keep out of our bedrooms, our doctors’ offices, and our personal lives and do your @##@$*#& job already.

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Message from Mississippi: Anti-Choice Politicians May be Looking for Their Own “Plan B”

Nov 9, 5:11pm
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Due to grassroots organizing and education, the amendment went down to decisive defeat. Politicians take heed.

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“Mississippi Goddamn.” Nina Simone Said It. Last Night, I Thought It.

Nov 9, 1:30pm
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Like in so many other American home-places, black and white Mississippians see things differently, and, consequently, vote differently. As Mississippians proved last night, when things get really, really bad, together, we get our act together; we overcome. Now we all need to keep working to overcome exclusionary voter ID laws.

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Mississippians Rightfully Reject Personhood Amendment

Nov 9, 12:30pm
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Mississippi voters yesterday soundly defeated Initiative 26, the so-called Personhood Amendment, by a margin of 58 percent to 42 percent. The vague proposition, which would have defined a fertilized egg as a person, threatened a multitude of untold consequences.

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Defeating Personhood: A Critical But Incomplete Victory for Reproductive Justice

Nov 9, 11:42am
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The defeat of Mississippi Initiative 26 and the gains for reproductive choice today in Mississippi–while critical–may in the long run be seen as pyrrhic victories given the ominous implications of Initiative 27, the exclusionary voter ID initiative that will disenfranchise thousands of African Americans, immigrants, married women, transgendered people, and Native Americans.

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Mississippi Egg-As-Person Amendment Defeated 57 to 43 Percent; Voter ID Law Appears to Have Passed

Nov 8, 10:00pm
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In a decisive and resounding victory in one of the most conservative states in the country, Mississippi voters defeated–by a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent as of this writing–the dangerous Initiative 26, which would have defined a fertilized egg as a person with full human rights.

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