He doesn’t look like he has a womb, why would this even be his call?
I guess Mississippi is so flush with cash that they can afford the legal fees defending this loser. They obviously do not use their revenue for public education.
Does Mississippi even have an abortion clinic anywhere in the state?
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has frequently said he wants Mississippi to be the “safest place in America for an unborn child.”
Because they do such a wonderful job of taking care of them once they come into the world. (BTW, they were first on the list in another study I saw.)
It’s an old joke, and I first heard it said of Alabama; “The reason they don’t have Driver’s Ed on Tuesdays and Thursdays is that they use the donkey for Sex Ed.” I eagerly await seeing this ridiculous piece of legislation being found unconstitutional. Or so I hope…given Trump and the GOP’s choice of judges, it may stand for a while.
Mississippi Governor Signs Nation’s Toughest Abortion Ban Into Law
“Court strikes down abortion ban, on contact,” News at Ten
“They tell you that there’s a war on women. There is no war on women. There may be a war on what’s inside of women, but there is no war on women in this country.”
— Dr. “Uncle Ben” (but mostly Candy) Carson
Mississippi
Racing for the bottom, when they’ve already been there a long, long time…
Not so safe for regular children there, though, because gun rights.
You’ve never been to Mississippi, I taketh.
Isn’t mississippi rated around 47 on the least desirable state in the nation?
Guess they need to move the gator bait levels up a few notches.
But God help them after they’re born, because Mississippi won’t:
Although Bryant endeavors to make the Magnolia State the country’s safest for fetuses, it is the worst-ranked state in the nation for overall infant and child care, according to the 2018 “Health of Women and Children” report published earlier this month by America’s Health Rankings, which has been publishing an annual state-by-state assessment for nearly 30 years.
“Mississippi ranks as the state with the most challenges for women, infants and children,” found the report. The state’s infant mortality rate was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births (an improvement over the nonprofit’s 2016 report, which found it had 9.3 deaths), according to the latest findings. That was the highest in the country, followed by Alabama with 8.5. The national average is 5.9.
It also had the second highest rate of child mortality (children ages 1 to 18) at 36 deaths per 100,000. South Dakota ranked 50th with 36.4, while the national average was 22.3.
Mississippi also ranked last in clinical care for children and in policy for infants (under a year old), both of which are weighted scores that take into account dozens of factors, such as teen pregnancy, “adverse childhood experiences,” food insecurity and infant child care cost.
It would be refreshing if as much work that goes into trying to control women’s reproductive health and choices would go into improving the quality of life for the babies born and children living in Mississippi.
For about a nanosecond, the logical medical scientist in me said, technically that is correct.
Then the logical higher level executive function of my feeble brain kicked in and said,
“wait… what? That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! One cannot separate a war on women with a women’s innards! You stupid f’n dumb scientist!”
But then my executive function could have been speaking directly to Carson.
I hope.
Desperate Republicans, grasping at straws, pull out their go-to issue to try and distract from the dearth of respectability in their “leadership” that’s so blatant it can be seen from space.
Mississippi: the fattest, least educated, poorest state; the perfect place to bring unwanted kids into the world.
I saw that story and it breaks my heart.
Your statement is so good that it needed to be repeated.
Also at the bottom for infant mortality and poverty. First in the nation for dead babies and not so hot for dead mothers. They might want to spend some of that available legal fee money on family planning and prenatal care. Yeah, right.
That won’t move you off the bottom spot in the state rankings you occupy for, well, almost everything. Congratulations.
Also, go fuck yourself. The state doesn’t own the bodies of women anymore. Remember The War of Southern Treason? You lost.