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
he cannot participate in health policy. his public service is not wanted by the state of mississippi. he has been fired. and now on the state board of health in mississippi, which has the worst infant mortality rate in the country among its men other problems, which is a huge racial disparity specifically in its horrible infant mortality problem, now in the state of mississippi, thanks to this year s garden variety anti-abortion republican politics, there is now african-american medical doctor and there is no ob/gyn on the state board of health. and for the record, that one remaining clinic that provides abortion services in the state of mississippi is in danger of being shut down, thanks to a new law signed by the state s republican governor, targeting that clinic with new regulations that do not apply to any other clinic in the state and that are designed specifically to shut that clinic down. this is new. this is new. and nobody in the country has been able to explain why this brand