Federal Judge Appointed by GW Bush Blocks Mississippi Abortion Law
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, July 2, 2012, 4:48 AM
A federal judge appointed by George W. Bush temporarily blocked the Mississippi abortion law this weekend. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan in Jackson issued a temporary restraining order the day the new law took effect.
Reuters reported:
A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked Mississippi from enforcing a new law that requires doctors who perform abortions at the state’s sole abortion clinic to have admitting privileges at a local hospital.
The state law, challenged last week by the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has threatened to make Mississippi the only U.S. state without an abortion clinic. It was set to take effect on Sunday.
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Jordan entered a temporary restraining order and set a hearing for July 11 to determine whether it should be extended.
“In this case, plaintiffs have offered evidence — including quotes from significant legislative and executive officers — that the act’s purpose is to eliminate abortions in Mississippi,” Jordan found.
“They likewise submitted evidence that no safety or health concerns motivated its passage. This evidence has not yet been rebutted.”
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bobdog commented:
I have a picture somebody made up showing a pregnant teenager. There are two speech balloons. The first is the teenager, saying “My mom is going to kill me.”
The second comes from her belly, and says the same thing.
Multitude commented:
I guess Bush’s progressive sleeper agents aren’t sleeping anymore, are they?
Paz commented:
Social conservatives STFU you will give Odumbass an easy victory!
bg commented:
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bobdog #2 July 2, 2012 at 8:11 am
pro
con
more
there is a God, and we are the people, Amen..
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Blue Hen commented:
Supeona Dr. Kermit Gosnell, and ask him under oath how his lack of admitting priveleges worked out for his patients. Make NOW and this judge own this. They want to create mills where no laws effectively exist, so that they can conduct this carnage in the shadows.
Or,
Can anyone explain why, in the dawn of the age of Obamacare, that this is unreasonable, if government can coerce people at the individual level?
bg commented:
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that could be a good thing, they might have a
stronger case against if and when enforced..
who knows, i mean, temporary means just that, temporary..
November 9, 2011
Obama White House Praises Defeat
of Mississippi Abortion Amendment
guess it means once the law is passed, the abortion clinic may be shut
down, but qualified OBGYN’s can then do abortions at hospitals (aren’t
they doing them now??)..
ps: me thinks the docs at the clinic don’t pass the mustard test, hence,
unless they pass the bar so to speak, the clinic can be shut down, and
all abortions will be performed at hospitals via docs who can pass the
test..
seems to me this is about DOCTORS, not abortion clinics..
but please, if i’m somehow going off track,
please, let me hear from you!! thanks..
i dunno about you, but i’m suspecting political
smokes & mirrors are at work again.. *sigh*
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Patty commented:
I am sure HHS Seibilus is just itching to get in there and set up some laboratories. She is blood thirsty.
oldguy commented:
It matters not who appoints these judges, but what law school they went to.
how dumbed down are we bg commented:
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have to scornfully laugh..
once the ONLY clinic in MS is gone..
abortion goes back in the shadows..
ONLY difference being, no more sleazy chop
shop rooms with hacks using coat hangers..
or in baby death clinics by who knows who..
oh no no no, abortions will be performed in hospital
operating rooms by qualified OBGYN Doctors ONLY..
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Christopher Taylor commented:
Um, I’m willing to take the judge’s word at the motivation of the bill but… how is this not a reasonable requirement for a surgical medical procedure?
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