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October 27, 2011

AP: Some doctors say Miss. initiative could insert gov't into medical decisions, others disagree

by Emily Wagster Pettus
The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — A group of health professionals, including a physician who does in vitro fertilization, say a Mississippi ballot initiative could cause government interference in medical decisions now made by doctors and patients.

Initiative 26 will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. It seeks to declare that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.

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