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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOfficials: Mississippi Unprepared For 5,000 More Babies Born Due to Dobbs Ruling
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NEW: About 5,000 more babies will be born in Mississippi each year due to the Dobbs ruling and the abortion banbut officials say the state is not prepared for the influx.
It's "a problem we need to solve," said Mississippi CPS Commissioner Andrea Sanders.
mississippifreepress.org
Officials: Mississippi Unprepared For 5,000 More Babies Born Due to Dobbs Ruling
At least 5,000 more babies will be born in Mississippi each year than in the past due to the Dobbs ruling and the state abortion ban.
12:05 PM · Oct 3, 2022
Ashton Pittman
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NEW: About 5,000 more babies will be born in Mississippi each year due to the Dobbs ruling and the abortion banbut officials say the state is not prepared for the influx.
It's "a problem we need to solve," said Mississippi CPS Commissioner Andrea Sanders.
mississippifreepress.org
Officials: Mississippi Unprepared For 5,000 More Babies Born Due to Dobbs Ruling
At least 5,000 more babies will be born in Mississippi each year than in the past due to the Dobbs ruling and the state abortion ban.
12:05 PM · Oct 3, 2022
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/28031/officials-mississippi-unprepared-for-5000-more-babies-born-yearly-after-dobbs-ruling
We heard testimony from Dr. Edney in particular, but others also, that as a result of the Dobbs decision, that on a conservative basis, there will be 5,000 additional births, Mississippi Sen. Brice Wiggins, a Pascagoula Republican, said during a Sept. 28, 2022, hearing for the Senate Study Group on Women, Children, and Families.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, a Republican who serves as the Senate president, appointed the committee after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi abortion ban in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization in June, overturning Roe v. Wade and allowing the state to ban nearly all abortions. The law allows limited, tenuous exceptions for rape and to preserve a pregnant persons life, but it forced the states only abortion clinic to close in July.
During the Sept. 28 hearing, Wiggins told Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services Commissioner Andrea Sanders that Edneys testimony indicated that most of the additional 5,000 children born will be unwanted or unplanned. He said that about 60% of children in those circumstances are on Medicaid and end up in the system.
So are yall prepared for 5,000 additional kids across the state? Wiggins asked Sanders.
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Officials: Mississippi Unprepared For 5,000 More Babies Born Due to Dobbs Ruling (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2022
OP
There Must Be 1,000's Of Pro-Life "Christian" repubs Willing To Adopt Those Babies nt
SoCalDavidS
Oct 2022
#3
Wounded Bear
(58,676 posts)1. Gee, I think I could come up with a simple solution...
underpants
(182,850 posts)2. Governance
We skip over the mechanics of governing and serving.
I didnt read the whole article. This guy sees or at least takes a few extra steps.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)3. There Must Be 1,000's Of Pro-Life "Christian" repubs Willing To Adopt Those Babies nt
Haggard Celine
(16,847 posts)8. They want white babies.
Srkdqltr
(6,307 posts)4. So the state has to do something about the children ?
Turbineguy
(37,359 posts)5. Those babies need love and care
which is an anathema to republicans.
sanatanadharma
(3,713 posts)6. Schools!
Damn fools don't have any concept of consequences; can't rationally understand causation and effectuation.
Scottie Mom
(5,812 posts)7. Guess the governor can put those babies on a bus or plane and...
...send them to Alitos house.
Skittles
(153,170 posts)9. they are on their own
repukes don't give a FUCK about them
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)10. "Gee we didn't think about that"
Anyone want to propose higher taxes?
Initech
(100,090 posts)11. So pro lifers want all the babies to be born, but no plan once they're here.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)12. It simply does not matter to RTL pols or advocates.
They have a binary definition of life and abortion, and refuse to contemplate the gray areas.