The bill, dubbed the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” was introduced by state Sen. Bradford Blackmon on Monday. For those convicted of violating the law, financial penalties will be ...

FILE-Protesters (L) gather outside the Mississippi State Capitol building during the state legislature's historic vote to change the Mississippi flag in Jackson, Mississippi on June 28, 2020.

Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon, a Democrat, introduced a bill that would seemingly ban men from masturbating or other sexual acts that are not performed for "the intent to fertilize an ...

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Sunday hedged when asked if his state would consider banning certain forms of birth control if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, only offering ...

New study ranks state policies as states increasingly define who has access to contraception and who does not.

When state lawmakers go back for the 2024 session in January, the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus plans to file a bill that will protect the ... the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus plans to ...

Mississippi Senator Bradford Blackmon introduced the Contraception Begins at Erection Act. The legislation would make it unlawful for a person to "discharge genetic material without the intent to ...