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
