October 6, 2021


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A Visit to the Mississippi Clinic at the Center of the Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court [[link removed]]

BY ANOA CHANGA | Walking up to the Jackson Women’s Health Clinic Organization on an early Thursday morning in August, you see a smiling older woman in a reflective vest stop and greet cars driving by. She stands at the bottom of the hill that leads to the clinic’s parking lot, positioned in a way that makes it seem like you’re supposed to stop and talk to her. It’s not until you reach the front gate of the Pink House, the clinic’s nickname, that it becomes clear she’s simply posing as a volunteer patient escort. The smile and pleasant greeting distract people from realizing her real purpose: taking down the license plates of patients headed into the clinic.
The anti-abortion presence is light that day. Shannon Brewer, the clinic’s longtime director, jokes that the anti-abortion protesters must be on vacation. Sitting in her office explaining the general run of the clinic, Brewer points to several security monitors on the wall.
The security presence is, unfortunately, necessary. And the harassment experienced by the staff and patients is real. Brewer says they have regular meetings with the local FBI to deal with threats. Because of the threats and the harassment, the clinic doesn’t even have a doctor who lives in the state.
“Every local doctor we’ve ever had here, the antis are gonna harass them,” Brewer said. If they work at another location, such as a hospital, abortion opponents are “gonna call their jobs all day. They’re going to their houses. They’re going to all their neighbors’ houses,” she said.
Instead, five doctors rotate at the clinic, all flying in from out of state. “We cannot have a local doctor here; the antis will not allow that. No ma’am,” Brewer added.
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What we're reading
We know it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. That's why going forward, we'll provide a weekly roundup of the stories we think are important that Ms. may not have covered. Here's what we're reading this week:

"Pregnant, Addicted, and Prosecuted" — Jezebel [[link removed]]
"‘I Went Out and Shouted for Freedom’" — The Fuller Project, in collaboration with Rukhshana Media [[link removed]]
"Students Are Walking Out of School to Demand Better Protections From Sexual Harassment and Assault" — Citizen Ed [[link removed]]

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
Over the past year, the demand for a global reckoning with anti-Blackness has reverberated around the world. How can the international community address slavery’s legacy? Dr. Goodwin is joined by Dr. Amara Enyia to break down the global impacts of antiblackness—from COVID-19 deaths to the effects of the climate crisis—and the importance of international organizing across the African diaspora.
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