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- ↑ "Key state Democrats helped pass 2007 law to ban abortions if Roe overturned". June 29, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ↑ "HOUSE BILL NO. 150" (PDF). Mississippi House of Representatives . Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Lawmaker: Mississippi should give $1 million for U.S.-Mexico wall". January 31, 2017.
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