The judge can only abortion clinic in Mississippi remain open - for now
A federal judge in Mississippi on Wednesday ordered an extension of his temporary order to allow the clinical status of abortion to remain open. The order will be in place until the District Judge Daniel Jordan United States may revise the newly written rules on how the Ministry of Health will administer a Mississippi abortion law. He then plans to decide whether the temporary order will become permanent, or if the clinic is closed. The law took effect July 1 and requires all providers of abortion in Mississippi to be certified obstetrician / gynecologist with privileges at local hospitals. Physicians Organization of Women's Health Jackson, the abortion provider in the state, come in other states, and one of his doctors is admitted to practice in a nearby hospital.Proponents of the new law said it is intended to protect women against unscrupulous practitioners, but others say it is part of a move to outlaw abortion in the state. Even Republican Governor Phil Bryant called "the first step in a movement, I believe, to do what we campaigned on: to say that we will try to end abortion in Mississippi." Who calls the shots on abortion laws? Since the Act came into force, the Organization of Women's Health Jackson remained open under the application of the Jordan to temporarily block the law. The clinic is trying to comply with the Act, as the owner Diane Derzis, but was hampered by red tape and cumbersome application process to obtain hospital privileges. Derzis said the clinical privileges requested in seven hospitals within 30 miles. A, a Catholic hospital, has already said the clinic "do not disturb," she said. The clinic is seeking a permanent injunction allowing it to remain open as he struggles with the law, which Derzis and other opponents say violates Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision the Supreme Court invalidated the laws of many states that restricted abortions. "It's unconstitutional, frankly," said Amelia McGowan, a staff lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, which is against the new law. If Jordan decides not to make permanent its temporary order, the state can not start a 60 - to 90 days administrative process to begin to close the clinic for non-compliance with the new state law. The clinic administrator, who has been in operation for eight years, said they would have to choose between being arrested or risk civil and criminal penalties from continuing operations during an appeal process. "We were able to be with women in both their lives when they are in crisis, when they need to have done something and need support," said Derzis. "C That is why it must be available. It must be. " Philadelphia abortion clinic worker pleads guilty Some donors of the bill say it is not an attempt to end abortion in Mississippi, but simply a means to protect the health of women through the doctors to perform abortions and to follow patients in a local hospital thereafter. "The Governor made clear that he signed the law on health and safety of women," said Steven Aden, a senior counsel for the state. "So while he is pro-life, it also said that this is a provision of the health and safety. I do not see why it is difficult to understand. " Despite some recent minor citations, Organization of Women's Health Jackson has a very good record with the Ministry of Health of Mississippi, an official there told CNN. Mississippi is one of the toughest states for the movement of abortion rights. Its laws require a 24 hour wait and parental consent if the patient seeking an abortion is a minor. Seven other States require abortion providers to have hospital privileges, but no other state requires a supplier of abortion as an OB / GYN, according to the Guttmacher Institute in Washington, an organization of sexual and reproductive. "All this is wrapped in the cloak of religion conservative," said W. Martin Wiseman, director of the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University. "When you are in this state, you can not separate a question of religion," said Wiseman. "The reason used to be normal in other states does not fly here, you will find very few legislators -. Regardless of whether they are white, black, Democrat or Republican -. Who can say, "I am pro-aborton" Siri can not direct you to an abortion clinic? Bryant signed the bill into law in April after the Republican-dominated legislature overwhelmingly passed it. Bryant said he signed the bill to support women's health, but he also says Roe against Wade was wrongly decided and should be quashed. He has since filed a "friend of the court" brief in the case against Jackson clinic. Derzis said she believes that the real intent of the newly elected Republican majority was to end abortion in the state, not to improve the care of women's health. "I like that it's white old men who make such statements," she said. "It's not about safety. This is politics, and politics need not be in our womb. "
