By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Mississippi's only abortion clinic was open Monday after a federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of a law that the clinic says could effectively regulate it out of business.
The trial is winding down for a former NASA-affiliated computer specialist who says he was fired because of his belief in intelligent design.
At least 75 bills to restrict abortion passed one state legislative chamber in the first quarter of 2012, the Guttmacher Institute said Friday.
Mississippi's abortion laws, already among the strictest in the nation, are poised to become even tighter after a push by social conservatives to shut down the state's only clinic providing the procedure.
Clinic owner Diane Derzis said Mr. Bryant's statement, plus similar comments by Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, show elected officials in
Ms. Derzis said she doesn't expect them to be given the access, partly because she thinks hospitals don't want abortion protesters outside on their sidewalks.
Judge enjoins new Mississippi abortion rules for state's sole clinic →
