The JMU Board of Visitors (BoV) introduced a new center for first-generation students, announced low-cost educational resource programs and heard a presentation on career outcomes and retention rates at its
today. at least not in this iteration of republican politics today. the reason mississippi has taken this doctor out of the health policy process, that rather desperately needs him in mississippi, is because one of the consultantsies that dr. reddix has is with the jackson women s health organization. dr. reddix does not perform abortions. he is not paid by the jackson women s health organization. but if a woman is having an abortion or any other kind of procedure at that clinic and there is a complication and something goes wrong and that woman needs to be admitted to the hospital, dr. reddix has agreed to take over care of that woman when she gets to the hospital. dr. reddix says this almost never happens. but what this means in practical terms, if there ever is a complication, a woman doesn t just get dump booed ed do a eme room at a local hospital, she gets put into the care of this highly trained physician. that s the scandal. and mississippi s governor and lieutenant governor hav
luckily, on that board, mississippi is lucky enough to have somebody uniquely qualified to understand and help the state address this issue, that the state really, really wants to address. his name is carl reddix. he grew up in biloxi, mississippi, he went to the northeast for his education, he got his medical agree at tufts, he went to harvard to get his masters in public health. he also went to johns hopkins, to the johns hopkins, did his residency there as a ob/gynob/gyn, and then after all of that, this perfectly well qualified, harvard and johns hopkins trained son of mississippi ob/gyn, he decided to go home and practice in his home state. he could have practiced anywhere in the country. he would have been a star wherever he went with that kind of a background. he decided to go home and practice in jackson, mississippi. and then, yes, the state s republican governor, haley barbour, last year appointed
and then, yes, the state s republican governor, haley barbour, last year appointed him, appointed dr. reddix to be on that state board of health. given the problems that mississippi is facing and given what they are trying to fix in terms of policy, somebody like dr. reddix has to be seen by the state of mississippi as just a godsend. you d think, right? the new republican administration in mississippi has just fired him. he had been serving mississippi on that health board since last july, but the new republican lieutenant governor in mississippi has now blocked his senate confirmation process and insisted that he be taken off this state board. the lieutenant governor, who you see there on the right, says he wants the state to instead pick a, quote, qualified doctor to help guide state health policy. because being a born-and-bred mississippien, harvard and johns honkins trained ob/gyn with a harvard masters in health means you re not qualified? not in republican politics today. at lea
him, appointed dr. reddix to be on that state board of health. given the problems that mississippi is facing and given what they are trying to fix in terms of policy, somebody like dr. reddix has to be seen by the state of mississippi as just a godsend. you d think, right? the new republican administration in mississippi has just fired him. he had been serving mississippi on that health board since last july, but the new republican lieutenant governor in mississippi has now blocked his senate confirmation process and insisted that he be taken off this state board. the lieutenant governor, who you see there on the right, says he wants the state to instead pick a, quote, qualified doctor to help guide state health policy. because being a born-and-bred mississippian, harvard and johns honkins trained ob/gyn with a harvard masters in health means you re not qualified? not in republican politics today. at least not in this iteration