Becky Currie
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Becky Currie | |
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| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 92nd district | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-05-02) May 2, 1957 (age 68) |
| Party | Republican |
Becky Currie (born May 2, 1957) is an American nurse and politician. She is a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 92nd District, being first elected in 2007.[1]
In 2018, Representative Currie sponsored[2] the Gestational Age Act (HB 1510), prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks gestation. The bill, signed into law by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) on March 19, 2018, allows abortion only in cases of medical emergency or severe fetal abnormality, with no allowance made for rape.[3] The act was challenged, and the resulting Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, upheld the act and overturned the previous precedent of Roe v. Wade that protected abortion access in the United States.[4]
In 2020, Currie voted yes on the bill to change the Mississippi State Flag.[5] In 2025, she sponsored a bill to improve access to healthcare for prison inmates.[6]
References
- ↑ "Becky Currie". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ↑ "An Unprecedented Abortion Rights Attack Is Moving Fast Through the Mississippi Legislature (Updated)". Rewire.News. February 27, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Mississippi Gestational Age Act (HB 1510)". Rewire.News. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ Heinen, Devon (June 26, 2024). "From Roe to Dobbs and Beyond: The last clinic in Mississippi". Alabama Reflector. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ↑ Bologna, Giacomo; Ramseth, Luke (June 28, 2020). "How every Mississippi lawmaker voted on historic state flag bill". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ↑ Pittari, Jeremy (February 18, 2025). "House seeks review of inmate medical care in Mississippi prisons". Magnolia Tribune. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
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