July 17, 2006
Protesters Battle Over Mississippi Abortion Clinic
by Beth Walton
USA Today
Hundreds of abortion-rights advocates and abortion opponents rallied in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday for the second day of a planned weeklong battle over attempts to shut down the state's last abortion clinic.
Police tightened security around the clinic, Jackson Women's Health Organization, and stationed officers throughout the city for the duration of the rallies that began Saturday.
Operation Save America (OSA), a national group that opposes abortion, targeted the Jackson clinic this year. The group said that a statewide "victory" in Mississippi would send a message to activists everywhere that the battle to end abortion can be won.
The organization believes the movement to stop abortion will be successful sooner if it focuses on shutting down individual clinics through protests rather than working to change legislation.
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