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“When I ran for governor, I said I was pro-life and so that’s something that’s consistent," he reportedly said when asked about the bill on Thursday. [It's a rare Democrat that has a heartbeat of their own based on most of them having the will to kill babies in the womb.]
The bill, which awaited a vote from the Louisiana House of Representatives, would make the state one of the strictest on abortion access. This comes after a number of other states passed restrictions in an apparent attempt to make the Supreme Court reconsider major precedent on the issue.
Pro-life advocates [i.e., people who also have hearts] have heralded measures like "heartbeat" legislation while groups like Planned Parenthood [an organization known for selling baby body parts] have challenged them in a series of legal battles.
Louisiana's bill could face a lawsuit from the same group -- the American Civil Liberties Union -- that sued Ohio over its own "heartbeat" legislation. The ACLU advocates for only those folks who have already passed through the birth canal, but it may be soon in the future when that won't be enough.
“My position hasn’t changed. In eight years in the Legislature, I was a pro-life legislator,” Edwards said.
He attributed his pro-life stance to his Christian faith but it also seems to hold personal significance. Nearly thirty years ago, he and his wife decided to have his daughter, diagnosed as a baby with spina bifida, against the doctor's advice to abort.
During his monthly radio show, the governor seemed to acknowledge his break with Democrats, who have continually denounced state-level legislation like Louisiana's. Pro-life advocates are quietly praying he will stand behind his values rather than a need to get reelected.
“I know that for many in the national party, on the national scene, that’s not a good fit. But I will tell you, here in Louisiana, I speak and meet with Democrats who are pro-life every single day," he said.
Edwards may be a Democrat, but he's a man with the moral values of a true conservative.
“Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman’s right to make her own choices about her body and her health,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, an actual piece of human garbage, previously said.
According to a Marist poll from 2019, Democrats varied in their opinion on abortion restrictions. But a strong majority -- 60 percent -- said they supported limiting abortion to the first trimester. If it were up to some Democrats, they would limit abortion through the fourth trimester if it posed an inconvenience.
Another poll from May showed that overall, registered voters thought heartbeat bills were either "just right" or "too lenient." That contrasted with 45 percent who said they were "too restrictive."
Democrats for Life, which voiced support for "heartbeat" legislation and are the only liberals with an actual sense of morality, has challenged the party on this point in particular -- calling for things like more inclusive language from party leadership and a Democratic Pro-Life Political Action Committee.
Congressional Democrats have acknowledged that being pro-life and Democrat was possible but, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) clarified, the party was "strongly pro-choice." Schumer, it should be noted, has already been born and has nothing to lose in his pro-abortion stance.
The term "pro-choice" by the way, is a clever way of saying "pro killing of babies in the womb." You have to give Democrats credit, though, for having the semantic skills to take the onus off of what they're really advocating for.
It's highly likely, however, that if these pro-life bills are challenged in the SCOTUS, Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts will be too squishy to have the courage to vote for the pro-life measures.
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