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Message: The national organization, Americans United for Life (AUL), ranks our state seventh when it comes to protecting the unborn. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 decided that the right of privacy secured by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment includes a woman’s “fundamental right” to determine whether or not to end her pregnancy. Over the years, state legislatures have attempted to make changes to modify the force of this statute by providing protection for the unborn. In the last several years Mississippi has made great strides in this long, slow process. In fact, the AUL states, “Mississippi exemplifies how women can be protected and the number of abortions drastically reduced through incremental legislation.” Mississippi has only one abortion clinic, and according to the AUL, the abortion rate has dropped more than 60 percent. Sunday, January 20, 2008 is designated Sanctity of Human Life Sunday across the Southern Baptist… Read Full Article