Who is this blathering idiot? Why its none other than the governor of Mississippi. Such incendiary language. I wonder what he would do with a class action lawsuit from “liberals” claiming defamation of character or slander?
Governor Phil Bryant makes me ashamed to be a southerner. Does anyone really sound like that?
I wonder what nasty bill the underbelly of the south passed that the governor is referring to?
Ah ha! According to Politico:
The governor was discussing a new state law requiring doctors who perform abortions at a clinic to be certified OB-GYNs with admitting privileges at a local hospital. He said opposition to the bill came from the political left.
The House Democratic leader says Bryant’s comments went “totally, totally too far,” especially because Mississippi voters rejected a personhood amendment declaring life begins at conception.
The owner of Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic plans legal action to block the law.
How can the new bill be legal? Very often medical personnel are brought in, almost like riding the circuit for a miriad of reasons, especially in areas where there is a medical personnel shortage. Unless Mississippi is planning on applying the same law to all medical doctors, I would say they might have a problem.
This is another example of the repugs’ war on women that will turn off a lot of women voters. Repugs will not do well in this year’s elections if they keep this up.
I don’t understand why liberals are so adamant about being able to have any tattoo artist or McDonalds burger-flipper with a coat hanger be able to perform abortions. Democrats should end their war on women’s safety by insisting there be no qualifications for baby-slaughterers.
Slowpoke–right now…change the language. I am not going to tolerate “baby slaughterer” language on this blog.
Discuss in rational terms or go to some right to life spot if you want to talk like that. It isn’t happening here.
This is my one and only pronouncement on this subject.
Slow,
I understand how people can personally be opposed to abortion, but to suggest that those who are pro choice, like myself, like Moon, are baby slaughterers is unacceptable and does NOTHING to work together to reduce unwanted pregnancies.
Furthermore, having abortion legal PREVENTS back alley abortions and coat hangers, those circumstances happened pre roe v wade. Do a little internet research and learn about the women who suffered under these conditions.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/31049/
You have a fundamental misunderstanding. You, Elena, and you Moon, and pro-choice people like you are not the people who actually do the deed. You are not the subject of the regulations, here. If you wish to debate certain topics, you MUST be able to separate yourself from the argument.
@pokey, you are the one with the misunderstanding. 1. I didn’t like you talking baby-talk. Talk like a big boy. Here we don’t say “baby-slaughterer.” We deal with reality.
2. It wasn’t real smart to piss Elena off like that. She is your life-line. She is usually the calm one. *I* am the crusty old bitch. Not smart.
@Moon-howler
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Funny thing is, I don’t really care about what other people do with their lives. I have always thought it was a “mind your own business” thing (which I believe makes me pro-choice). However, I don’t see the problem with making sure the person who performs the procedure is not a traveling gypsy abortion provider, an ex tattoo artist, or merely someone who’s “good with knives” and slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Elena, I love your example…..it shows in very stark terms why we shouldn’t let just anyone perform the procedure. I’m glad you’re agreeing with me on this one!
My suggestion is that you learn some facts before you start typing. Don’t tell me or Moon we don’t care about women and their health. How dare you. What a dissapointment feeling I have about you right now.
Your above statement is based on complete ignorance and people like you are the ones that will ultimately put womens health at risk by making access to legal abortions almost impossible.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/us-usa-abortion-mississippi-idUSBRE83405J20120405
Mississippi’s only abortion provider, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, said before the vote that it could face closure if the bill becomes law. The clinic’s owner, Diane Derzis, has said she would challenge the law in court if it is signed by Republican Governor Phil Bryant.
“This legislation is an important step in strengthening abortion regulations and protecting the health and safety of women,” Bryant said in a statement. “As governor, I will continue to work to make Mississippi abortion-free.”
Currently, only one of the three physicians who provide abortions at the Mississippi clinic has admitting privileges at a local hospital, Derzis said previously. Admitting privileges are an arrangement with a hospital allowing the doctor to refer patients to the facility in case further treatment is needed.
Many Mississippi hospitals have refused to grant admitting privileges to physicians who provide abortions.
I can also assume you didn’t read what I wrote, which makes your first sentence kind of funny….typical….but funny. Second point….where did I say that? I suggest you read before you start typing….you’re seeing things that simply aren’t there. You can have all the legal abortions you like! You can abort fetuses you don’t even have as far as I’m concerned…..but I don’t understand why you would fight against the assurance of some sort of quality in the person performing the procedure. And hey, in your example (the barn-yard example), if person X wants to go to butcher Y and get an abortion, nothing in this legislation would stop that from happening.
No YOU don’t read Slow and I out of patience with you. You are suggesting that I don’t care about womens health and therefore would condone someone unfit to perform an abortion.
The more you write, the more uninformed you sound on this issue.
READ READ READ!
“All of the doctors who provide abortions at the Jackson clinic are board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, Derzis said previously.”
Once again, for the reading and interested in facts impaired, this bill is NOT about safe and legal abortions. This is about finding a loophole so that women will no longer be able to attain safe and legal abortions.
Here, here’s one for you: If liberals existed to abort children, there would be no more liberals. Hmmm, are we sure the Governor isn’t just daydreaming?
Well, since you obviously can’t discuss the post without giving into emotion, I won’t bother you any more on this topic. I went back and read everything. You can accuse me of being slightly off-topic (but only slightly). Elena, you can ban me if you like, I could care less, honestly. I’m aware you want a liberal echo-chamber with most topics. You’ve got Starry for that. You are so blinded by emotion that you are unable to discuss this rationally. You’ve accused me of saying things I’m not saying…and you’re employing the most common and transparent liberal debate tactic in the known universe…..”If you don’t agree with me, you must be stupid”. As long as people with firing neurons can see…I’m happy.
No Slow, I don’t want an echo chamber, I just want to debate facts. YOU are speaking from emotion, I, on the other hand, have three times, thrown the actual facts your way to which you have not responded.
This bill is NOT about safe abortions for women, it is about using legislation to make abortion unavailable, end result is the same. Women will have no access to safe and legal abortions in the state of Mississippi. All the doctors are at this clinic ARE board certified OB/Gyns, but what they all don’t have are hospital priviledges, which are NOT necessary for an abortion.
Nobody will TOUCH this thread now…….we killed it. 🙁