Last Mississippi Abortion Provider Celebrating Victory

[TexasTowelie]

A federal district court ruling saves one Mississippi clinic from shutting down. Judges permanently stopped the law that would have put the state's only abortion provider at risk.

A federal court dismissed the state law that would require doctors to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. The law was put on hold while Jackson Women's Health Organization tried to meet the requirement. Director Shannon Brewer rejects the notion that the law was about women's health.

"They were so busy trying to get the facility closed down. That's what they were working on. Not the health care of women or if women were getting taking care of. Their main focus is closing the clinic."

Governor Phil Bryant supported the law. A statement from the Governor's Office says quote, "Governor Bryant remains committed to making Mississippi the safest place in America for an unborn child."

Read more: http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2017/03/21/last-miss-abortion-provider-celebrating-victory/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. "committed to...making Mississippi the safest place in America for an unborn child."

But, as is so often the case with the "right to life" crowd, they're not doing much to be sure Mississippi is a safe place after the child is born.

The United States has a higher infant mortality rate than any of the other 27 wealthy countries, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control. A baby born in the U.S. is nearly three times as likely to die during her first year of life as one born in Finland or Japan. That same American baby is about twice as likely to die in her first year as a Spanish or Korean one.

Despite healthcare spending levels that are significantly higher than any other country in the world, a baby born in the U.S. is less likely to see his first birthday than one born in Hungary, Poland or Slovakia. Or in Belarus. Or in Cuba, for that matter.

The U.S. rate of 6.1 infant deaths per 1,000 live births masks considerable state-level variation. If Alabama were a country, its rate of 8.7 infant deaths per 1,000 would place it slightly behind Lebanon in the world rankings. Mississippi, with its 9.6 deaths, would be somewhere between Botswana and Bahrain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.59a51ae745de