Mississippi's Last Clinic Still Standing, Barely

By Sunsara Taylor, Truthdig. Posted July 20, 2006.

An extremist pro-life organization is mobilizing a protest to shutter the last abortion clinic in Mississippi.

After years of violently blockading abortion clinics, terrorizing women and doctors, and agitating for biblical rule, there is a smug sense of triumphalism coming from the pro-life organization Operation Save America/Operation Rescue.

From July 15 to 20, OSA/OR has been staging an extended protest in Jackson, Miss., aimed at closing the state's last abortion clinic -- a move the group hopes will "send a message" to abortion providers and lawmakers throughout the country.