The mayor of a small city in Georgia says a preemptive law to ban abortion clinics will prevent “drama” from protesters.
On Monday, council members unanimously voted to ban abortion clinics and “pill mills” from Rossville — which currently has neither abortion clinics nor pill mills, but enacted the ordinances to prevent either from entering the city.
According to a local report, Mayor Teddy Harris told council members that the bans occurred to him after a resident asked whether a methadone clinic in the city was illegally present. Wishing to avoid the “drama” of “protestors,” Harris then pushed for the bans.
A few abortions are allowed under the ban. They must take place at a hospital by a licensed physician, and must be medically necessary to save the mother's life. An exception is also made if a doctor certifies that the baby is unable to survive outside of the womb.
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Pill mills, which pose as legitimate medication centers but hand out medicines illegally, are banned under Georgia law, but Harris said that the new measure enhances the old one. He also said the new ban assists law enforcement efforts.
Perhaps the most famous pill mill in America is the one formerly run by imprisoned abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell, who said his illegal work helped people facing difficult economic times, drew $200,000 in income from the practice from June 2008 to February 2010.
Gosnell also ran an abortion clinic nicknamed a “House of Horrors” by pro-life activists. Gosnell's facilities, which violated numerous state and medical standards in addition to facilitating the murder of several babies after birth, were shut down prior to his conviction last year.