it s still safe. a mississippi federal judge has decided to temporarily continue blocking the state s new anti-abortion law. why was this important? well, had he not acted, it could have shut down mississippi s only abortion clinic. today was a victory. but chipping away at women s rights has become the new norm. in texas governor perry is trying to ban doctors from even talking about abortion. this year governor mcdonald became a household name after his state joined in requiring women to undergo invasive ultrasounds. mississippi s attempt is the latest example in a long list it passed a so-called trap law. that stands for targeted regulation of abortion providers. the law lives up to its name. it s a trap. mississippi s law would require anyone performing an abortion to have privileges to admit
bloomberg said it s a trap. require physicians to live within a short distance to the hospital and admit a minimum number of patients a year. often ten or more. a typical would rarely admit more than one patient a year. so it s literally a trap. absolutely. this is a financial arrangement between a physician and a hospital. the state knew that. they were very wise in putting this kind of legislation in. because to the public, it sounds entirely reasonable. now, let me ask you this, diane. when you look at the fact that it is very clear that anti-choice activists have been successful in driving abortion clinics out of the state. in the early 80s mississippi had as many as 14 now there is currently one. you. and we re seeing that this is going on. mississippi s not the only state
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patients to a local hospital. the doctors at mississippi s one clinic does not have those privileges. and the clinic says they re not necessary. bennett says it s designed to protect patients. but we know what the real motive is, governor. if it closes that clinic, then so be it. we re going to continue to try to work to end abortion in mississippi. and this is an historic day to begin that process. what about the lieutenant governor? that s a bill that gives us a great opportunity to do to accomplish what our goal needs to be. our goal needs to be to end all abortions in mississippi. i believe the admitting privileges bill gives us the best chance to do that. mississippi lawmakers, what do you say? literally we stopped abortion in the state of mississippi, legally, without having to
designed. as you heard, they re not even subtle about what share intent is. mississippi leads the nation in teen pregnancy. we need to talk about protecting women from pregnancy. it s these are horrid things that this governor is doing to the state. spending their money on this kind of legislation. now, the judge can still change his mind. the door s not closed yet, is that right? that s correct. you know, it s he is aware that we applied for admitting privileges and we re doing everything we can to comply with this law. i think that will be probably part of any ruling he makes. we re not out of the woods yet. now, the privileges that you refer to. privileges in hospitals.