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August 03, 2016
Mitchell: Lightbourn should be sanctioned for comments
Fox Hill MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell believes Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn should be sanctioned for his statements regarding the forced sterilization of certain unwed mothers and that Lightbourn should "not return to Parliament and give another person a chance in that seat".
At last week's Free National Movement (FNM) convention, Lightbourn suggested the state...
Lightbourn: Comments were misinterpreted
August 04, 2016
Lightbourn: Comments were misinterpreted
Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn yesterday decried the "selective outrage" over his controversial comment that the state should tie the tubes of unwed mothers after "having more than two children", and said his comment was "misinterpreted".
However, he again apologized for the statement, which he made last week at the Free National Movement's (FNM) convention.
"It's unfortunate that we have arrived a...
August 05, 2016
Bishop Hall believes Lightbourn criticism has a lot to do with race
Weighing in on Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's much maligned comments on the forced sterilization of unwed mothers, Bishop Simeon Hall said though he disagrees with Lightbourn, he thinks that Lightbourn has faced a heightened level of criticism because of his race.
Lightbourn is white. Hall said had a "person of color" said the same thing, the criticism would not have been as harsh.
"My problem wi...
August 12, 2016
Archdeacon slams Lightbourn and calls for family planning
ARCHDEACON James Palacious said yesterday that while Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's proposal for state-sponsored sterilisation as an anti-crime initiative is "completely repulsive," the country needs to engage in a national family planning programme to prevent the "madness" of multiple children being reared in undesirable circumstances.
August 08, 2016
Time to face the problem raised by Richard Lightbourn
THERE was understandable outrage in the community to Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn?s recent suggestion in the House of Assembly that to solve today?s social ills legislation should be introduced that unwed mothers of more than two children should have their ?tubes tied?.
August 04, 2016
Minnis: Party was blindsided by Lightbourn 'tube tying' comments
FREE National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis told parliamentarians yesterday that the party was blindsided by Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's controversial proposal for the state-sponsored sterilisation of women.
August 03, 2016
MP who joked about abusing woman says Lightbourn is in the Stone Age
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday said he was ?shocked? to learn of Richard Lightbourn?s ?tube tying? comments, as he criticised the Montagu MP, insisting that to make such a proposal revealed the inner workings of an ?evil and twisted mind?.
August 03, 2016
Statement by Glenys Hanna Martin on Richard Lightbourn's comments at FNM Convention
Mr. Speaker, I rise to make a communication on behalf of all members on this side of this Honourable House in response to recent official utterances made by the Member for Montagu at the FNM Convention on 29th July, 2016 at the Melia Hotel Resort, West Bay Street.
Lightbourn under fire for 'tube tying' comments
August 02, 2016
Lightbourn under fire for 'tube tying' comments
TWO local advocacy groups have condemned Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's proposal for the state-sponsored sterilisation of women as "archaic, barbaric and dangerous", charging that the suggestion is "frighteningly reminiscent" of sterilisation policies used against black people internationally in the 1960s.
August 02, 2016
Lightbourn 'must resign' after sterilisation proposal
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party women MPs have called for the resignation of Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn over his contentious proposal for state-sponsored sterilisation of women as an anti-crime initiative.
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