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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law on Monday a bill that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state, hailing it as an important step to “ensure that the lives of the born and unborn are protected in Mississippi.”
House Bill 1390, which passed the state Senate earlier this month, requires all physicians at abortion clinics in Mississippi to be board-certified OB-GYN and to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization in Jackson, Miss., is the only abortion facility in the state, and its owner recently told POLITICO that two of its three physicians do not have the now-required admitting rights. Diane Derzis had predicted that once signed into law, H.B. 1390 could force her clinic to close.
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Planned Parenthood was quick to condemn the new law. “Make no mistake, this law is based on a political agenda, not medical necessity,” Cecile Richards, the group’s president, said in a statement. “In yet another shortsighted attempt to ban abortion in Mississippi, Governor Bryant and lawmakers are putting their ideology above the health and safety of Mississippi women. This law is bad policy and endangers women’s health.”
(via fuckyeahsexeducation)
Ridiculous people in Mississippi are Ridiculous. If shit like this passes.. I might actually have to move out of MS for medical reasons.. so fucking ridiculous. This is why I hate religion//living in the bible belt aka the noose of idiocracy.
It has so many far-reaching consequences:
- It could also ban commonly used forms of contraception that many Mississippi women use - like the pill, the IUD, and ban important technologies that families count on, like in vitro fertilization.
- It would prevent life-saving treatments for pregnant women who face conditions like cancer.
- It sets out to ban all abortion in any circumstance, even in cases of rape or incest.
- And since this amendment affects over 9,000 Mississippi laws, it will have unintended consequences and costs for the state of Mississippi for years to come, in legal fees and other government spending
SIGNAL BOOST!
Those who think they can decide what goes on in the uteri of other people…they make me sick.
I’ll just keep putting up my flyers and spreading the word, hoping that my state wises up and sees that Initiative 26 will hurt us. It will make abortion illegal in all cases, regardless of rape or incest or the situation of the one forced to bear a child they may not want or be able to support.
It will redefine life as starting at the moment of conception, which is ignorant, as even if an egg is fertilized, it often doesn’t implant in the uterine wall—thus meaning that a common early-pregnancy miscarriage could result in an arrest and potential imprisonment. Redefining life this way could, and, if I know my state, would result in the banning of birth control and the IUD. I’ve seen many anti-choicers deny this, but the fact of the matter is that if life is defined as beginning at conception, the pills or devices that thin the lining of the uterine wall or in any way prevent the zygote from implanting…well, the anti-choicers and this new amendment would consider that “murder.” Assisted reproductive technology would become illegal as well.
This amendment goes way to far. It will cost our taxpayers a ridiculous amount of money, it will result in more teen pregnancies in a state where that’s already a huge problem, it will force desperate people to seek unsafe and potentially deadly abortions, it will result in more unwanted children that are left to rot in the hell that is the backed-up adoption system.
All because this state values clumps of cells more than living, breathing, feeling, thinking people.
And people wonder why I weep for humanity.
What makes me wonder is why those that “pray to end abortion,” don’t switch to, I don’t know, praying to end the reasons for it? Such as poor sexual education, rape culture, and the presence of sexual abuse within families?
Guess those aren’t high on the priority list.