Miss. gov. targets last abortion clinic: ‘My goal of course is to shut it down’
Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards
Friday, January 11, 2013 12:30 EST
Republican Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says that there is one abortion clinic in the state and of course his goal is to shut it down.
A federal judge last year delayed enforcement of a law that abortion-rights advocates say is designed to be so restrictive that it effectively abolishes abortion in the state. Under the law, Mississippis only abortion clinic would need toget admission privileges from local hospitals, which have not been willing to cooperate.
The judges order is set to expire on Friday and state officials have said that they will make an unannounced visit to the clinic in Jackson to determine if it was able to comply.
My goal of course is to shut it down, Bryant told a group of pastors in video captured by WJTV on Thursday.
-snip-
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/11/miss-gov-targets-last-abortion-clinic-my-goal-of-course-is-to-shut-it-down/
sakabatou
(42,157 posts)They_Live
(3,236 posts)What year is it again?
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...about 1913.
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)What a jerk! Doesn't matter what anyone else might like or believe or care about. It's all about "his" goal.
Volaris
(10,272 posts)then it's admissable as evidence in a Federal Suit.
Have fun with that, Gubnor.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I want REALLY bad things to happen to this monster.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)governors are supposed to...I don't know...NOT IGNORE the laws they have been sworn to enforce? Since when do governors have the right to make up their own rules based on their whims along the way like that?
alp227
(32,033 posts)starroute
(12,977 posts)And it has the highest rate of teen births.
http://www.hotpursuitministries.com/statistics_by_state.html
Over 35% of the families in Mississippi do not have fathers present in the home - highest in the country.
Over 43% of the babies born in Mississippi are born out of wedlock - highest in the country.
Over 75% of teen births in Mississippi are out of wedlock.
http://picayuneitem.com/columns/x913138590/Teen-pregnancy-illegitimate-births-need-attention
For 2010, the Mississippi Department of Health reported 6,590 teen pregnancies resulting in 6,185 live births, 849 induced terminations (abortions), and 61 fetal deaths. Of these births, 90 percent were illegitimate.
Also for 2010, the department reported 21,874 illegitimate births to women of all ages. That was 55 percent of all births.
FreeBC
(403 posts)Check out the Freakonomics movie - the costs to society go way beyond the expenses in raising these children.