#Healthcare Mississippi

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Why your pets fall vet visit matters [Video]

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State-by-State: What are your abortion rights in 2024?

In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court made the morally bankrupt decision to overturn the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade, which had previously ruled that the choice of whether to end or continue a pregnancy belonged to the individual rather than the government, federally protecting the right to abortion.

Now, with the responsibility of protecting the right to reproductive freedom left to the states, it can be hard to keep track of the constantly changing laws and regulations. To help, we’ve gathered the most important information on each state’s current legalities, restrictions, and other need-to-know details regarding your reproductive autonomy below*.

To see information about abortion rights in your state, simply click the hyperlink. This is a work in progress, so if your state isn't posted yet, check back soon!

ϴ=abortion is banned entirely, [Highest Risk]

▼​= abortion is legal but heavily restricted and threatened, [High Risk]

▽= abortion is legal but unprotected, [Moderate Risk]

√= abortion is legal and protected, [Low Risk]

Alabama ϴ Alaska √ Arizona ϴ Arkansas ϴ California √ Colorado √ Connecticut √ Delaware √ Florida ▼ Georgia ▼ Hawaii √ Idaho ϴ Illinois √ Indiana ϴ Iowa ▼ Kansas √ Kentucky ϴ Louisiana ϴ Maine √ Maryland √ Massachusetts √ Michigan √ Minnesota √ Mississippi ϴ Missouri ϴ Montana √ Nebraska ▼ Nevada √ New Hampshire ▽ New Jersey √ New Mexico ▽ New York √ North Carolina ▼ North Dakota ϴ Ohio √ Oklahoma ϴ Oregon √ Pennsylvania ▽ Rhode Island √ South Carolina ▼ South Dakota ϴ Tennessee ϴ Texas ϴ Utah ▼ Vermont √ Virginia ▽ Washington √ West Virginia ϴ Wisconsin ▼ Wyoming ▼

*Please note, information on this website should not be used as legal advice or as a basis for medical decisions. Consult an attorney and/or a physician for your particular case, if possible.

[aviatrix-ash]

ngl happy to be wrenching on the bitty flight school Cirruses, Pipers, and Cessnas in a few days

Aint much, just a small family owned shop,but genuinely know I'm going to enjoy it. Little piston planes have been my special interest my entire life, and I've always enjoyed worked on em. Used to swing by this shop for parts/tools/supplies for the plane museum and the Ultra Pup. Dude who ran it would always ask if I was done with my A&P license yet, wanted me to wrench on planes for em a while now.

Should have done that 1st before stupidly trying to dive right into airliner stuff. :')) At least then I wouldn't have had to deal with the soulsucking corporate shitshow I encountered at the 737 engine shop.

I'll tell the full tale on that mess another day, it takes a lot of energy to tell that. :')

[bekandrew]

A Good Trans Medical Story

This morning I had surgery today for the phase 1/trial period/temporary version of the nerve stimulator bladder implant I'm supposed to be getting (and first of all, holy shit! A relatively minimally invasive and easily reversible trial period for implants!!!). I'm decades younger than the usual patient that needs this, but I had sepsis earlier this year and it fucked up a lot of things, including leaving me walking with a cane. It should be noted that I'm transmasc and I live in Mississippi. Even though the doctor I was seeing wasn't in a religious hospital when I saw him for appointments, he had surgical space at one of the religious hospitals - and his people had marked me as Male in my records. Even when I had to clarify with the receptionist at the Mississippi religious hospital that I was trans because it was potentially relevant to the surgery, she was kind and happy to help me, and even went out of her way to ask a supervisor how to enter the information properly so it wouldn't get messed up. It should be further noted that the surgery had nothing to do with transitioning in the slightest, I was just a person who happened to be trans seeking healthcare. Even the original sepsis had nothing inherently to do with my transness, really, just poverty and being brushed off as "med-seeking" until I was obviously and visibly dying. The surgical nurse was polite when asking whether I still had the equipment needed for pregnancy to determine whether I needed the routine pre-procedure pregnancy test. No one gawked or made a big deal about anything. There was only one person who misgendered me, but I don't remember how long they were actually in the room, and I don't know whether they even saw anything other than my long hair. So I don't know for sure whether it was malicious and will choose to believe it was accidental because the rest of the experience went well. Beyond that, when I was (as usual) a difficult stick for the IV - I probably have some scar tissue in places from the sheer number of times I've been hospitalized or needed ER trips - the nurse tried only a couple short times before reaching for the lidocaine and using what would be a normally painful spot in the wrist. he got a great, painless IV line in only one more try and I wish hospitals would just do that sort of thing with me from now on. 11/10.

The surgery itself was also significantly less painful than other surgeries I've had before, and they provided low-dose but still completely sufficient medication and recommendations for how much ibuprofen to take. My symptoms already seem to be getting better to the extent I hadn't realized quite how bad they were before and I'm very excited to get the full implant soon after the trial period is over. My quality of life is going to increase measurably.

[ezmedcard]

🌿 Medical Marijuana for Chronic Conditions in Mississippi 🌿

Living with a chronic condition can be exhausting, both physically and mentally. But did you know that medical marijuana could offer a new path to relief? In Mississippi, patients with qualifying chronic conditions can now access the healing properties of cannabis to manage pain, inflammation, and other symptoms. 🌱

Whether you're dealing with chronic pain, anxiety, or conditions like arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or PTSD, medical marijuana has been shown to help improve quality of life for many. If you're in Mississippi and looking for ways to manage your condition more effectively, exploring medical marijuana might be a great option. ✨

📝 How to Get Your Medical Marijuana Card in Mississippi:

Schedule a consultation with a certified medical marijuana provider.

Get evaluated for your qualifying condition(s).

Receive your Medical Marijuana Card and start your treatment journey.

Remember, it's always important to consult with your healthcare provider before starting any new treatment plan. If you’re ready to explore this option, make sure to check local guidelines and find a certified provider near you.

Take charge of your health and explore how medical marijuana could help you find relief. 🌱💚

Name: EZMedcard - Medical Marijuana Doctors of Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Address: 423 Weathersby Rd Suite 170, Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Email: ezmedcard4@gmail.com

Website: https://ezmedcard.com/

Google Maps: EZMedCard on Google Maps

State: Mississippi

[gwydionmisha]

After Mississippi banned his hormone shots, an 8-hour journey

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FFS!

[bunnysnhi]

Fiery small plane crash kills 2 people in Mississippi: video

[ceaselessims]

American manifestations of Smirke's 14 (+ the extinction)

the lonely: blizzards, social media, the "american dream"

the vast: the great plains, the great lakes, NASA

the flesh: fast food restaurants, tanning salons, cosmetic surgery

the slaughter: the NRA, police, military recruitment officers

the hunt: trophy hunters, true crime sleuths, TMZ, paparazzi

the spiral: fox news, healthcare professionals, washington dc

the eye: the fbi, silicon valley, the library of congress

the desolation: hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires

the stranger: large cities, the Appalachian mountains, hollywood

the dark: alaska, organized crime syndicates

the corruption: opioids, ants, cockroaches, mega churches

the buried: mine shafts, the subway, credit card debt, student loans

the web: the CIA, the NSA

the end: prison industry

the extinction: nuclear power plants, the mississippi river, contaminated water reserves, golf courses, oil rigs

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National Policy/Legislature predictions

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They’ll try to ban ao3

Cut funding for the Veterans Department

Unemployment benefits will become super restricted

Regulations for firing start becoming more lax

Heavy censorship in media

The divorce process will be made harder

"no-fault divorce" controversial

New stipulations on child support

At least one process will be restricted to male approval

Bonus points if it’s healthcare-related

California will try to become independent

Sex ed will be banned in at least 2 states

states in the running r Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee

Supreme Court overrules enforcement of the Establishment Clause in schools

now established religion can be pushed in public schools

Trump will have the Supreme Court rule to get rid of restrictions on election campaign money

Trump will pass some kind of law that will give politicians immunity against prison and lawsuits

Police officers will be granted more immunity, and bonus points if they don’t need body cams anymore

Side note: It's actually funny how a few of these predictions came true, for context, this was written on January 21st (all of our predictions were lololol).

We were thinking of making bingo cards, might make that soon. ^-^

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Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) was a civil rights leader, voting rights activist, and advocate for Black political and economic empowerment. She was one of the most fearless voices in the fight against racial oppression in the United States, using her grassroots organizing, powerful speeches, and unwavering courage to challenge white supremacy and systemic disenfranchisement.

Born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, to a family of sharecroppers, Hamer experienced firsthand the brutality of Jim Crow racism and economic exploitation. She worked on plantations from an early age and endured extreme poverty and oppression. In 1962, at the age of 44, she attended a meeting led by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), where she learned about her constitutional right to vote. Inspired, she attempted to register but faced violent retaliation from white authorities, losing her job and being evicted from the plantation where she had lived for nearly two decades.

Despite these threats, Hamer became one of the most influential voting rights organizers in the Deep South. She co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in 1964 to challenge the all-white Democratic Party that excluded Black participation. At the Democratic National Convention that year, she delivered a searing testimony on national television, detailing the violent beatings and terror Black people endured when trying to vote. Her speech was so powerful that President Lyndon B. Johnson attempted to interrupt the broadcast, but her words still reached millions and exposed the hypocrisy of American democracy.

Hamer was also a staunch advocate for Black economic self-sufficiency. She launched the Freedom Farm Cooperative, a land-buying initiative to help Black families escape economic dependency on white landowners. Through this program, she provided land, food, and resources to poor Black farmers, emphasizing that political rights meant little without economic independence.

Her activism extended beyond voting rights—she fought for education, healthcare, and women’s rights, particularly for Black women who faced racism, sexism, and economic exploitation. She was a fierce critic of the forced sterilization of Black women, a practice she personally endured when she was unknowingly sterilized in 1961 during a medical procedure—a form of racial and reproductive control known as the “Mississippi appendectomy.”

Despite facing death threats, physical assaults, and political opposition, Hamer never wavered in her commitment to justice. Her most famous quote, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired,” became a rallying cry for the movement. She continued organizing for Black empowerment until her death in 1977.

Fannie Lou Hamer’s legacy is one of radical courage, grassroots activism, and an unshakable belief in Black self-determination. She proved that ordinary people could be extraordinary leaders, and her work laid the foundation for future struggles for voting rights, economic justice, and Black political power.

[cinemaocd]

Like do these people not even listen to the Beatles....they're not gonna make it with anyone anyhow...

Chairman Mao doing numbers on my dash today...

[transformationsproject]

Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates:

Bathroom bills deny access to public restrooms by gender or trans identity. 

They increase danger without making anyone any safer and have even prompted attacks on cis and trans people alike. Many national health and anti-sexual assault organizations oppose these bills.

Illinois introduced the school bathroom bill SB1226 last Friday.

Texas filed a bathroom bill HB2062 last Friday.

Utah passed bill HB0269 through its committee last Friday and sent it to the House floor for a final vote.

Wyoming passed bill HB0072 through its committee last Friday  and sent it to the House floor.

Montana bill HB121 has a hearing on 1/30 at 8am in Room 303 in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Healthcare bills go against professional and scientific consensus that gender-affirming care saves lives. Denying access will cause harm.

Providers are faced with criminal charges, parents are threatened with child abuse charges, and intersex children are typically exempted.

Oregon sent bill HB3330 to the House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee last Friday.

Utah passed bill HB0252 through its committee last Friday and sent it to the House floor.

Drag Bans restrict access for folks who are gender non-conforming in any way. 

They loosely define "drag" as any public performance with an “opposite gender expression,” as sexual in nature, and inappropriate for children. 

This also pushes trans individuals out of public spaces.

Minnesota introduced drag ban SF716 today and sent it to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.

Educational Censorship and Student Suppression bills force schools to misgender or deadname students, ban instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, and make schools alert parents if they suspect a child is trans.

They remove life-saving affirmation and support for trans youth. 

Ohio introduced crossfiled anti-DEI/educational censorship bills HB6 and SB1 last Wednesday.

Mississippi introduced bill SB2870 last Monday and sent it to the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. This bill includes educational censorship as well as forced outing and forced misgendering/deadnaming.

Nebraska sent bill LB552 to the Legislature Education Committee last Friday.

Wyoming gave bill SF0103 its first reading last Friday and sent it to the  Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee.

Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. 

They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity.

Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes.

New Hampshire introduced sports bill SB211 last Thursday and sent it to the Senate Education Committee.

Nevada prefiled sports bill SB112 last Thursday and sent it to the Senate Education Committee.

Nebraska sent bill LB605 to the Legislature Education Committee last Friday.

In other bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own, we have:

Washington introduced bill HB1629 today and sent it to the House Community Safety Committee. This bill forces the placement of inmates by ‘biological sex’.

It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!

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Donations for Appalachian/Southeast USA Queer Organizations

Here lies the sister post to my resource list.

Under the cut, you'll find a list of regional, primarily queer-focused groups to donate to, if you have the means.

If you've ever accused us of being beyond help, or have ever said we should be sawed off into the ocean, here's your chance to help the many helpers trying to make the southeast a better place--those that always go conveniently ignored in such conversations.

General Regional Links

Appalachian Outreach

STAY (Central Appalachia)

Help suspected transgender John and Jane Does regain their identities

Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP)

Southerners on New Ground (SONG)

Campaign for Southern Equality

Trans Health Project

Alabama

AIDS Alabama

The Knights & Orchids Society

Magic City Acceptance Center

Medical Advocacy and Outreach

Prism United

Shoals Diversity Center

T.A.K.E.

Thrive Alabama

Georgia

Carrollton Rainbow Inc.

Emmaus House

Feminist Women’s Health Center

First City Network

Georgia Equality

Kentucky

AIDS Volunteers of Lexington

Arbor Youth Services

Lexington Pride Center

Louisville Queer Youth

Louisville Youth Group

Kentucky Fairness

Kentucky Health Justice Network

Kentucky Youth Law Project

Sweet Evening Breeze

Louisiana

AcadianaCares

Louisiana Trans Advocates

OUTnorthla

PACE Louisiana

Shrevepride

Mississippi

Capital City Pride

Gulf Coast Equality

LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi

The Spectrum Center in Hattiesburg

Violet Valley Bookstore

North Carolina

Charlotte Transgender Healthcare Group (CTHCG)

Down Home NC

Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center

Pitt County Aids Service Organization

Tranzmission

Triad Health Project

Triangle Empowerment Center

South Carolina

Alliance for Full Acceptance

Charleston Black Pride

Harriet Hancock Center

Palmetto Community Care

T-Time

Uplift Outreach

We are Family

We are Family Trans Love Fund

Tennessee

CHOICES

Launch Pad

Metamorphosis

Mountain Access Brigade

My Sistah’s House

Pride Community of the Tri-Cities

Trans Empowerment Project

Youth Villages

Virginia

Justice 4 All

Nationz

Side by Side VA

Virginia Home for Boys and Girls

West Virginia

Harmony House West Virginia

Fairness West Virginia

Holler Health Justice

WVFREE

[infatuatedlilbitch]

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS: THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.

BUT HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT THIS WAY? DON'T LET THEM LIE TO YOU.

PROTESTING ISN'T JUST YOUR RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN - IT'S YOUR LEGACY. IT'S HOW EVERY SINGLE RIGHT YOU HAVE WAS WON.

THIS IS LONG BUT YOU SHOULD READ IT.

Ya'll are out here talking about throwing Teslas in the harbor without understanding why we threw all that fucking tea in there to begin with. NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. Does that mean nothing to you anymore?

LOOK AT THE RECEIPTS:

Boston Tea Party (1773) - Sparked the American Revolution and established right to resist unjust government

Women's Suffrage Parade (1913) - Won women's right to vote in 1920

The March on Washington (1963) - Led to Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965

Stonewall Riots (1969) - Started by Marsha P. Johnson, a Black trans woman throwing the first brick at police - launched LGBTQ+ rights movement, led to first Pride marches and gay rights organizations

The Occupation of Alcatraz (1969-71) - 89 people forced recognition of Native treaty rights and sparked Native American civil rights movement

March For Our Lives (2018) - Led to gun safety legislation in multiple states, changed national conversation on gun violence

PROTEST ISN'T JUST MARCHING IN STREETS:

It's art that makes people uncomfortable - Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddam" did more for civil rights than any polite request

It's music that wakes people up - When Billie Holiday sang "Strange Fruit," she made America face its lynching horror

It's visual art that exposes truth - ACT UP's protest art forced America to see the AIDS crisis

It's writing that changes minds - Underground newspapers, pamphlets, manifestos

It's performance that disrupts - Guerrilla theater, die-ins, creative actions

It's documentation - Recording injustice, preserving movement history

It's education - Teaching real history, sharing tactics

It's cultural resistance - Creating alternative spaces and institutions

It's economic pressure - Boycotts, strikes, union organizing

It's legislative action - Calling reps, attending meetings

It's digital organizing - Coordinating actions online

It's DECOLONIZING YOUR BODY AND MIND

It's healing trauma so you can fight better

It's building community when they want you isolated

It's REFUSING TO SHUT UP when they want you quiet

HEY STRAIGHT CIS WHITE PEOPLE (ESPECIALLY MEN) - WAKE THE FUCK UP: You think your rights as a worker aren't next? Think about it - they're coming for minorities first but you're just as disposable to them. You think missing a day of work to protest is scary and inconvenient? Wait till they reinstate the draft.

Even fucking THOMAS JEFFERSON - that slave-owning racist piece of shit - understood that the government always needs watching. 'I prefer dangerous liberty to quiet servitude.' When even the architect of oppression knows people need the power to resist, what's your fucking excuse? He knew EXACTLY how this shit works:

Look at these capitalist cycles:

Create a crisis - Housing crash of 2008, current rent crisis, medical debt crisis

Make people desperate - Minimum wage stuck at $7.25, union-busting, student loan trap

Take away rights - Gutting voting rights, ending Roe, attacking trans healthcare

Blame minorities - "They're taking your jobs" "They're grooming kids" "They're ruining the country"

Rinse and fucking repeat until we're all too exhausted to resist

You think being gay not being classified as a mental illness just HAPPENED? That took until 1973. You think gay marriage being legal just HAPPENED? That was 2015 - a fucking DECADE ago. Rights aren't given - they're FOUGHT FOR. Every. Single. Day.

And look what's happening now:

They overturned Roe v Wade in 2022 after 50 years of precedent

They've banned trans healthcare in over 20 states

They've banned LGBTQ education in Florida, Texas, and beyond

They're trying to overturn birthright citizenship

Workers' rights are next

And you're worried about missing ONE shift?

KNOW YOUR FUCKING RIGHTS: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights#:~:text=The%20First%20Amendment%20protects%20your,the%20exercise%20of%20speech%20rights.

THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THEM:

89 people held Alcatraz

A few drag queens started Pride

Small groups of workers won your weekend

Teenagers who survived a shooting showed more courage than all you "can't miss work" cowards

IT DOESN'T TAKE EVERYONE - IT JUST TAKES ENOUGH

You think America stayed a democracy this long because everyone showed up to their 9-5 like good little worker bees? FUCK NO. It's because people fought back. They organized. They resisted.

WAKE UP. GET ORGANIZED. QUIT PARTICIPATING IN YOUR OWN DISENFRANCHISEMENT.

Your silence is compliance. If you think things are fine, you’re one of the people who need to get out there for those who are fighting for their basic human rights.

THEY WANT YOU:

Afraid of missing work

Isolated from your community

Living paycheck to paycheck

Too exhausted to fight back

Thinking protest never works

Blaming women and minorities instead of billionaires

PROVE THEM WRONG. EVERYONE HAS A PART IN THE RESISTANCE.

[bunnysnhi]

Closing The Gap: Sickle Cell Disease Awareness [Video]