Last stand for choice in Mississippi

Listen to the programIn Jackson, Mississippi, a red state in the heart of the Bible Belt, the battle over abortion was kicked into high gear when an eight-day anti-abortion demonstration ensued in the state's capital this past summer.

On one side: activists fighting to save the last abortion clinic in the state. On the other: Operation Save America trying to shut it down.

*Operation Save America members protest in front of an abortion clinic in Jackson, Mississippi during their 2006 National Event in that city. The group frequently uses images of aborted fetuses to attract attention to their cause

On this edition, "Making Contact's" Sarah Olson takes a closer look at the Mississippi women fighting for reproductive justice as they try to save the one remaining abortion clinic in the state.

Featuring: Pastor Flip Benham, director, Operation Save America; Adam Tenant, Operation Save America; McCoy Faulkner, women's organizations and abortion clinics security officer and retired cop; Betty Thompson, counselor and administrator, Jackson Women's Health Organization; Michelle Colón, president, National Organization for Women-Jackson Area; Shannon Reace, Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Coalition HIV/AIDS advocate; Norma McCorvey, lead plaintiff in Roe v. Wade but now anti-abortion activist; Kim Ghandy, president, National Organization for Women (NOW); Jenni Smith, Unity Mississippi; Shauna Davie, Jackson State University student. Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio. Freelance Producer: Sarah Olson. Mixing Engineer: Phillip Babich. Freelance Associate Producer: Emily Polk. Intern: Alexis McCrimmon.

For more information: Jackson Women's Health Organization, 2903 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216; 601-366-2261; www.gynpages.com/jwho

National Women's Health Organization, 3613 Haworth Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609; 800-532-5383; www.nationalwomenshealth.org

National Organization for Women (NOW), 1100 H Street NW, 3rd floor, Washington, D.C. 20005; 202-628-8669 (628-8NOW); www.now.org

Feminist Majority Foundation, 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22209; 703-522-2214; www.feminist.org

National Abortion Federation, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20036; 202-667-5881; naf@prochoice.org, www.prochoice.org

Guttmacher Institute, 120 Wall Street, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10005; 800-355-0244; www.guttmacher.org

ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, www.aclu.org/reproductiverights/index.html

Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Project-ACLU of Jackson, Mississippi; 601-355-6464; missrfp@yahoo.com; www.msaclu.org/mrfp/index.html

Unity Mississippi, P.O. Box 4212, Jackson, MS 39296; www.unityms.org/index.html

*Photo: Courtesy "Operation Save America." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 2007. Answers.com 28 Feb. 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/operation-save-america