IS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
NEIL?
>> Neil: THANK YOU.
BRYAN LLENAS.
WE TOLD YOU AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT’S DECISION LAST WEEK TO
OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, AT LEAST A
COUPLE DOZEN STATES WERE READY
TO TRIGGER ANTI-ABORTION LAWS OF
THEIR OWN TO TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
ONE OF THEM, MISSISSIPPI, THE
GOVERNOR OF THAT STATE, TATE
REEVES WITH US NOW.
GOVERNOR, VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
IS THAT LAW NOW IN EFFECT, SIR?
>> WELL, THANK YOU, NEIL.
IT’S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE ON
WITH YOU.
THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS, OUR
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS GIVEN THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO CERTIFIED THAT
ROE V. WADE HAD BEEN OVERTURNED.
SHE DID SO YESTERDAY.
THERE’S A TEN-DAY PERIOD FOR
THAT CERTIFICATION TO GO INTO
EFFECT.
NOT SURPRISING THE JACKSON
WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE
SAME GROUP THAT HAD SUED IN THE
DOBBS CASE FOULED A LAWSUIT
YESTERDAY ASKING OUR STATE
SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN THAT
DECISION.
IT WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE’RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT
LITIGATION WILL BE DONE QUICKLY.
WE’RE HOPEFUL THE MISSISSIPPI
SUPREME COURT WILL RULE IN OUR
FAVOR AND ALLOW OUR TRIGGER LAW
TO GO INTO EFFECT.
>> Neil: WHAT ABOUT THE PURCHASE
FOR RESIDENTS IN YOUR STATE,
GOVERNOR, WHO GET THESE PLAN B
CONTRACEPTION BILLS?
THEY’RE NOT THE PLAN C, ACTUAL
ABORTION-RELATED MEDICATIONS
THAT SOME WOMEN COULD GET.
HOW DO YOU POLICE EITHER OR BOTH
OR DO YOU?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY WE DON’T HAVE
ANY INTENTION IN OUR STATE OF
BANNING ANY CONTRACEPTIVES.
THAT IS NOT A CONVERSATION THAT
WE’VE HAD INTERNALLY, NOR DO I
EXPECT THERE TO BE ONE.
WITH RESPECT TO PLAN C, WE’RE
DOING THE LEGAL RESEARCH NOW TO
DETERMINE PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO TELEMEDICINE AND WHAT
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE
WITHIN OUR STATE TO FOLLOW THE
LAWS AND WE’RE WORKING ON THAT
AS WE SPEAK.
>> Neil: WE SHOULD SAY THE PLAN
C PILLS REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION.
SO DOCTORS THAT OFFER
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SUCH PILLS AND
WOMEN THAT TAKE SUCH PILLS WOULD
ALL BE BREAKING THE LAW IN YOUR
STATE, RIGHT?
>> UNDER OUR BILL THAT SHOULD GO
INTO EFFECT, THAT WAS PASSED IN
2007, IT WAS PASSED WITH A
DEMOCRAT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
AND A DEMOCRAT CHAIRMAN OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, TELLS YOU ABOUT
HOW FAR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS
MOVED ON THIS ISSUE.
OUR TRIGGER LAW WOULD NOT ALLOW
FOR THAT TO OCCUR BECAUSE AN
ABORTION WOULD BE ILLEGAL WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE LIFE OF THE
MOTHER AND RAPE.
>> Neil: SO JUST UNDERSTAND IT,
HOW WOULD YOU, IF IT GOT TO THE
POINT, GOVERNOR, WHERE YOU HAD
TO TRACK THESE PLAN C OR
ABORTION PILLS FOR A LACK OF A
BETTER TERM, HOW WOULD YOU
POLICE THEIR WHEREABOUTS?
A LOT OF WOMEN ORDER THIS
THROUGH THE MAIL, FOR EXAMPLE.
WOULD YOU HAVE TO CHECK THEIR
MAIL?
WOULD YOU HAVE TO CHECK THEIR
PURCHASES?
HOW WOULD YOU SCREEN THAT?
>> NO, WE HAVE A BOARD, MEDICAL
LICENSURE HERE IN THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI THAT ENSURES THAT
THE LICENSING PHYSICIANS ARE
DOING WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO
DO.
THEY HAVE A COMPONENT WHERE-IN
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER RESEARCH
THEY NEED TO DO AND ENSURE THE
PHYSICIANS LICENSED IN
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TELEMEDICINE
OR OTHERWISE ARE FOLLOWING THE
LAWS OF OUR STATE.
IF YOU’RE’FOLLOWING THE LAWS,
THEY’LL PULL YOUR MEDICAL
LICENSE AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE
THE ABILITY TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
HERE.
>> Neil: EXCUSE ME REPEATED
QUESTIONING IN THIS AREA.
MAYBE I’M JUST SLOW, GOVERNOR.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO POLICE
COMMERCE.
YOU’D HAVE TO POLICE THOSE PILLS
GETTING TO WOMEN IN YOUR STATE
BEYOND JUST DOCTORS PRESCRIBING
THEM.
OFTENTIMES THEY WOULD ARRIVE BY
MAIL, RIGHT?
>> WHAT YOU WOULD BE POLICING IS
THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
WE POLICE THAT WITH OVER 7,000
PHYSICIANS TODAY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN A LEADER
IN MISSISSIPPI WHEN IT COMES TO
TELEMEDICINE.
WE LIVE IN A RURAL STATE.
TELEMEDICINE PLAY AS VITAL ROLE
IN PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES TO
OUR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A BOARD OF MEDICAL
LICENSURE TO LICENSE PHYSICIANS
AND ENSURE THEY’RE FOLLOWING THE
LAWS OF OUR STATE.
MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE
PRACTICING IN MISSISSIPPI.
THEY WILL LOSE THEIR LICENSE AND
TO THE EXTEND THEY’RE BREAKING
THE LAW, THEY’LL BE PROSECUTED