"I am disappointed that two judges concluded that HB 1390 is unconstitutional. This measure is designed to protect the health and safety of women who undergo this potentially dangerous procedure."
—Gov. Phil Bryant, referring to the admitting privilege law designed to shut down Mississippi's last abortion clinic that was struck down by a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.
Why It Stinks: Gov. Bryant says admitting privileges are vital to women's safety, even as the anti-abortion movement he supports pressures hospitals not to give admitting privileges to doctors who perform abortions so they can send women to the hospital in the rare number of cases where it's needed. In addition, no evidence yet supports that admitting privileges actually make women safer.
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