Ellington

Emily Wagster Pettus of the AP reports today:"Abortion-rights supporters say opponents tried in roundabout ways to limit women's access to a legal medical procedure with three bills that cleared the Mississippi House Monday. Rep. Ed Blackmon, D-Canton, said mandating the reporting of complications is intended to discourage doctors from performing abortions and women from having the procedures. 'Women find themselves in this position. Men do not. And most of the people voting on this are men," Blackmon said. "We can stand up and ... shout to the top of the Capitol about how righteous we are, and not one of us as men is ever going to have to make that decision.'"