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- ↑ Perlis, Wicker. "Mississippi judge hears attempt to keep abortion legal. No decision yet". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ↑ "Scott Stewart wasn't well known in the antiabortion world. Now he's leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court". The Washington Post . November 9, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ↑ Heyward, Giulia (December 1, 2021). "Scott Stewart, the lawyer representing Mississippi, was at the center of a 2017 abortion controversy". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
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