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September 08, 2016
Lightbourn 'should not be ruled out for comments'

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said yesterday that Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's controversial remarks about having women's "tubes tied" should not cause him to be denied a nomination as he has apologised for the comments in a genuine and forthright manner.

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September 06, 2016
Lightbourn may be replaced

DESPITE publicly stating his intention to run again as the Free National Movement's (FNM) candidate in his constituency, executives in the party are in the process of discussing Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's future with the FNM, taking into account the ramifications of his controversial "tube tying" comments at the July convention, The Tribune understands.

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September 05, 2016
Richard Lightbourn plans to run again

Despite a string of departures from the lineup of likely and actual Free National Movement (FNM) candidates for the 2017 general election, Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn said he plans to run again in his constituency, and on the FNM's ticket.

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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.

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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?.

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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.

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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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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.

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July 30, 2016
DNA: Lightbourn's comments spineless

Several Democratic National Alliance (DNA) female candidates yesterday shot down Free National Movement (FNM) MP Richard Lightbourn's comment's about forced sterilization of mothers during a speech at the FNM convention on Thursday, as "utterly disgraceful".

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Lightbourn apologizes
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July 30, 2016
Lightbourn apologizes

Hours after his suggestion that The Bahamas should consider tying the tubes of unwed mothers with more than two children triggered a national outcry, Shadow Attorney General Richard Lightbourn yesterday issued an apology, particularly to Bahamian women for his comments, which he said, "in no way or form reflects the position of the Free National Movement (FNM)".

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