The town council in Rossville, Ga. on Monday voted to ban abortion clinics because the mayor was worried about the “drama” one would bring to the city, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
“We want to be a peaceful city,” Rossville Mayor Teddy Harris said during a council meeting. “We don’t want to have any protesters.”
There were not any clinics in the town before the ordinance passed and the measure still allows abortions if they are performed at a hospital.
“I just don’t think (clinics) are appropriate for our city,” Harris explained at the meeting.
In 2011 there were 19 abortion clinics in Georgia and 96 percent of Georgia counties did not have an abortion clinic, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Georgia law imposes a 24 hour waiting period for abortions and requires counseling for women seeking an abortion.
H/t ThinkProgress
Drama! Because a woman’s right to choose is just like a Bravo reality show. Coming to a cable station near you: Abortion Theater
Ban Evangelical protesters instead…but maybe we should teach this guy a lesson and make sure he can’t sire any more children.
Using that criteria you could keep out anything, or anyone books,black people,Muslims,gays nudie bars… people named Ashton …I hate that name.
OK off topic and a little mean but you know how some people just look smart? Like, say, Christopher Hitchens? I’m afraid Rossville Mayor Teddy Harris is just not one of those people. : (
Takoma Park Maryland is a nuclear free zone. But if the state or the federal government wanted to put a M752 Self-Propelled Launcher on the corner of Eastern Avenue and Carroll Street there’s probably not much they can do about it.