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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:48 PM Jan 2013

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, Mississippi’s only abortion clinic would need toget “admission privileges” from local hospitals, which have not been willing to cooperate.

The judge’s 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.

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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/

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Miss. gov. targets last abortion clinic: ‘My goal of course is to shut it down’ (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2013 OP
Can anyone sue this asshole now? sakabatou Jan 2013 #1
Good grief! They_Live Jan 2013 #2
In Mississippi? SoapBox Jan 2013 #6
And his goal is the only thing that's important, right? hamsterjill Jan 2013 #3
If there's Video tape, Volaris Jan 2013 #4
Yup! I admit it... SoapBox Jan 2013 #5
OFFS, didn't this guy ever read the part about how Jamastiene Jan 2013 #7
What else, Gov. Bryant? Mandated abstinence-until-marriage? Legalized marital rape? alp227 Jan 2013 #8
Mississippi already beats every other state in out-of-wedlock births starroute Jan 2013 #9
Why should we be forced to pay for Mississippi's unwanted children? FreeBC Jan 2013 #10
Gotta love those "job creators"! blueclown Jan 2013 #11

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
3. And his goal is the only thing that's important, right?
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 03:28 PM
Jan 2013

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)
4. If there's Video tape,
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 03:44 PM
Jan 2013

then it's admissable as evidence in a Federal Suit.
Have fun with that, Gubnor.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
7. OFFS, didn't this guy ever read the part about how
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 04:53 PM
Jan 2013

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?

starroute

(12,977 posts)
9. Mississippi already beats every other state in out-of-wedlock births
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 05:24 PM
Jan 2013

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)
10. Why should we be forced to pay for Mississippi's unwanted children?
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 05:24 PM
Jan 2013

Check out the Freakonomics movie - the costs to society go way beyond the expenses in raising these children.

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