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![Michelle Colón, President of Jackson NOW, with NOW activists Felicia Brown and Tyffine Jones at the Mississippi Statehouse. Michelle Colón, President of Jackson NOW, with NOW activists Felicia Brown and Tyffine Jones at the Mississippi Statehouse. Source: NOW](https://i0.wp.com/www.radioproject.org/images/missnow.jpg?resize=200%2C146&ssl=1)
Michelle Colón, President of Jackson NOW, with NOW activists Felicia Brown and Tyffine Jones at the Mississippi Statehouse. Source: NOW
In Jackson, Mississippi, a red state in the heart of the bible belt, the battle over abortion was kicked into high gear when an eight day anti-abortion demonstration ensued in the state’s capital this past summer. On one side: activists fighting to save the last abortion clinic in the state. On the other: Operation Save America trying to shut it down.
On this edition, Making Contact‘s Sarah Olson takes a closer look at the Mississippi women fighting for reproductive justice as they try to save the one remaining abortion clinic in the state.
Featuring:
Pastor Flip Benham, director, Operation Save America; Adam Tenant, Operation Save America; McCoy Faulkner, women’s organizations and abortion clinics security officer and retired cop; Betty Thompson, counselor and administrator, Jackson Women’s Health Organization; Michelle Colón, president, National Organization for Women Jackson Area; Shannon Reace, Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Coalition HIV/AIDS advocate; Norma McCorvey, lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, but now anti-abortion activist; Kim Ghandy, president, National Organization for Women (NOW); Jenni Smith, Unity Mississippi; Shauna Davie, Jackson State University student.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Freelance Producer: Sarah Olson
Mixing Engineer: Phillip Babich
Freelance Associate Producer: Emily Polk
Intern: Alexis McCrimmon
For more information:
Jackson Women’s Health Organization – Jackson, MS
National Women’s Health Organization – Raleigh, NC
National Organization for Women (NOW) – Washington, D.C.
Feminist Majority Foundation – Arlington, VA
National Abortion Federation – Washington, DC
Guttmacher Institute – New York, NY
ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Project – Jackson, Mississippi
Unity Mississippi – Jackson, MS