Posted on 07/06/2022 9:43:29 PM PDT by Morgana
JACKSON, Miss. — As the sun bore down around 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dale Gibson began affixing signs to the iron fence surrounding Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.
“The fight is not over,” one read.
In cursive script, another vowed: “This is not the end.”
Wednesday was the last day the Jackson Women’s Health Organization was legally allowed to perform abortions in Mississippi. It was the last day Gibson and his fellow volunteer patient escorts gathered outside the clinic to defend a right that no longer exists in much of the country.
For years, the volunteers — known as the Pink House Defenders, a nickname derived from the building’s flamingo hue — have blasted music to drown out the screams of protesters trying to dissuade patients from entering.
Now, there was quiet.
Before he turned to walk away from the clinic, Gibson said he “was still a little numb.” His emotions had been going in circles: “anger to despair to f--- it all to kind of back to despair.”
On Thursday, Mississippi becomes the latest in a growing number of states in the South where nearly all abortion care is banned after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Mississippi’s trigger law gave the Jackson Women’s Health Organization a 10-day window to continue operations after state Attorney General Lynn Fitch certified the Supreme Court’s ruling. Going forward, the only exceptions to the ban are if a patient’s life is in danger or if a patient was raped and reported the assault to law enforcement.
For years, the clinic known locally as the Pink House had beaten back a wave of laws designed to stop it from operating. Now, Diane Derzis, the clinic’s owner, has decided to finally close its doors.
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For the love of all that is holy, please stop putting the word “rights” after abortion! I know it’s the AP’s “standard,” but time to rebel against it.
No, the SCOTUS ruling placed the responsibility for laws legalizing abortions on the states. The ruling in effect said the state legislatures can legislate the end of abortions.
Missippi has a law restricting abortions, thus the Pink House must close. Had the Pink house been in New York, it will still be operational
Once again, for anyone who may be interested, not you, it’s over. As a country it is over. The states can do whatever they decide to do. The constitution has no provision for abortion rights.
It’s over.
To date 49 clinics have closed. Yep yep yep.. so much for mammograms and exams.
Anyone want another shot of Jägermeister? I do!
It’s like getting a rowdy bar and strip club out of your neighborhood. Even if abortion is legal, it should only be done in very limited circumstances inside accredited hospitals. Having this butchery, “medical waste” in tubs, and parts auctions right down the street is a total abomination. Souls and their guardian angels have power, and they weep in ways decent people can feel in the surroundings when babies’ bodies are destroyed or sold off piecemeal by abortion.
And sell off the parts to the highest bidder so they can buy fine wine.
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