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- ↑ "Bradford Blackmon". billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ↑ Lieb, David A.; Wagster Pettus, Emily (October 29, 2023). Written at Jackson, Mississippi. "In Mississippi, most voters will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature". Newsday . Melville, New York. Associated Press . Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ↑ Drape, Charlie (November 3, 2023). "MS elections: State House and State Senate races for Jackson area". The Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'". NBC News. January 23, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
This proposed policy does not take into account that you cannot fertilize an embryo, since by definition, an embryo is already fertilized. Should this proposed policy be modified to say human egg, it means that sex with non-fertile women would be illegal.
