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Andy Gipson speaks at the Westin Jackson after being named Mississippi's new agriculture and commerce commissioner Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

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Mississippi Ag chief: IVF bill will lead to ‘back door abortion, cloning’
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/08/24-5:31PM , 501 Reads 8,505 Statewide
Lawmakers in Mississippi are moving to protect in vitro fertilization, but state Agriculture Commissioner, Baptist preacher and outspoken anti-abortion advocate Andy Gipson is calling it “the greatest assault on the cause of life that we’ve seen in Mississippi in a long time.”
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Medicaid expansion bill inches forward in Senate with few details
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/08/24-12:05PM , 806 Reads 8,807 Statewide
Senate Republican leaders continue to keep any particulars of their Medicaid expansion plans close to the vest, with a committee passing only a shell of a bill Tuesday to meet a deadline and keep it alive.
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House Reps. Zakiya Summers, D-Jackson (left), Noah Sandford, R-Collins (center) and Celeste Hurst, R-Sandhill, in House chambers during the passing of HB1725 to expand Medicaid, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the State Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Q&A with Rep. Zakiya Summers on Right to Contraception Act
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/01/24-2:41PM , 435 Reads 6,526 Statewide
Rep. Zakiya Summers, D-Jackson, is a second-term lawmaker who has been outspoken on the need for Medicaid expansion and on a number of women’s health issues. Summers authored House Bill 1154 this session to ensure access to contraception.
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Bill to offer timely prenatal care in Mississippi sent to governor
By SOPHIA PAFFENROTH - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,03/01/24-1:55PM , 405 Reads 5,018 Statewide
Presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women passed overwhelmingly in the Senate on Thursday and now heads to the governor.
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