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Louisiana’s Democratic governor just defied his party and signed an abortion ban into law

Dans La Lune

Dans La Lune

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I just want to point out how valuable these bi-partisan, Red State Democrats are to the Democratic Party. Without them winning, Republicans would enact all kinds of crazy laws.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...cratic-governor-plans-defy-his-party-sign-it/

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s Democratic governor signed one of the country’s strictest abortion bans Thursday a day after the state legislature passed the measure, joining a coterie of conservative state executives who have endorsed stringent measures this year.

Louisiana’s measure is the first of the drumbeat of bans this year to receive the imprimatur of prominent local Democrats, whose support for the controversial legislation has provoked anger from party members nationwide who see it as a betrayal in the battle over abortion rights.

State lawmakers voted 79 to 23 on Wednesday to pass the bill, with the support of more than a dozen Democrats. They rejected amendments that sought to make the law more lenient, including one that would have added an exception to the ban for cases of rape and incest.
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“I call on the overwhelming bipartisan majority of legislators who voted for it to join me in continuing to build a better Louisiana that cares for the least among us and provides more opportunity for everyone,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement after it was passed. He did not hold a public signing ceremony for the bill, and his office declined to comment on it further.

Nationally, however, Edwards; state Sen. John Milkovich, the Democrat who sponsored the bill; and other antiabortion Democrats have become unlikely intraparty combatants in a debate that has grown increasingly partisan.
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I'll admit, that's surprising to me. I thought the Democrat Party had successfully purged all the pro-life sentiment from its ranks. I will have to amend my opinion of this section of the party in an accordingly positive direction.
 
cpwill said:
I'll admit, that's surprising to me. I thought the Democrat Party had successfully purged all the pro-life sentiment from its ranks. I will have to amend my opinion of this section of the party in an accordingly positive direction.
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What's the "Democrat Party"?

Never heard of it.
 
The fetal heartbeat test directly conflicts with Row v Wade’s first trimester test. The law can’t possibility stand unless Row v Wade is repealed which, despite the overheated rhetoric on both sides of the issue, isn’t going to happen any time soon.
 
cpwill said:
That those who have nothing to say argue semantics?
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I'm not arguing anything. I'm just observing the lack of awareness required to call the "Democratic Party" the "Democrat Party", and old GOP insult from back in the Gingrich days.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
cpwill said:
That those who have nothing to say argue semantics?
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I'm not arguing anything. I'm just observing the lack of awareness required to call the "Democratic Party" the "Democrat Party", and old GOP insult from back in the Gingrich days.
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Dans La Lune said:
I just want to point out how valuable these bi-partisan, Red State Democrats are to the Democratic Party. Without them winning, Republicans would enact all kinds of crazy laws.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...cratic-governor-plans-defy-his-party-sign-it/
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Ummm, maybe louisiana should help the poor in its state in a different way? It ranks thirty third in economic performance and twenty eighth in economic outlook.

So I'm curious, how does this help...anything other than to scratch the itch of the republicans hard-on to make abortion illegal because of the christians jesus...but hey, it's christianity under attack.
 
Gaius46 said:
The fetal heartbeat test directly conflicts with Row v Wade’s first trimester test. The law can’t possibility stand unless Row v Wade is repealed which, despite the overheated rhetoric on both sides of the issue, isn’t going to happen any time soon.
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Which is why he signed it. It will be thrown out anyway.
 
"Carry your rapist's baby to term, slut!"

We'll see how the voters respond to that.
 
cpwill said:
I'll admit, that's surprising to me. I thought the Democrat Party had successfully purged all the pro-life sentiment from its ranks. I will have to amend my opinion of this section of the party in an accordingly positive direction.
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If you had paid attention to the LA governor’s race, you’d have known that this was a campaign promise by JBE. It’s one of the reasons he was elected. This bill was supported by older Blacks.

This promise is no different than the NRA electing Bernie Sanders in 1990 after BS made promises to the NRA. BS repeatedly voted against the Brady Bill; BS has also voted against comprehensive immigration reform.
 
I'm sure all will be forgiven by the Democrat presidential candidates when they seek his endorsement in the Louisiana primary.
 
bongsaway said:
Ummm, maybe louisiana should help the poor in its state in a different way? It ranks thirty third in economic performance and twenty eighth in economic outlook.

So I'm curious, how does this help...anything other than to scratch the itch of the republicans hard-on to make abortion illegal because of the christians jesus...but hey, it's christianity under attack.
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You might want to check out how bad off Louisiana was after 8 years of GOP governor Bobby Jindal ended in 2016.

There’s only so much a Democratic Governor in the Deep South can do with an overwhelmingly GOP legislature.

The fact remains, however, that JBE does believe in this bill, as well as Gun rights.
 
cpwill said:
That those who have nothing to say argue semantics?
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I agree with the guy. Republicans’ use of “Democrat party” is a junior high stunt, demonstrating the level to which we’ve sunk in our public discourse. It used to be we at least let our opponents name themselves and respected it. Should democrats respond by calling the GOP “The Republic Party”?
 
Nickyjo said:
I agree with the guy. Republicans’ use of “Democrat party” is a junior high stunt, demonstrating the level to which we’ve sunk in our public discourse. It used to be we at least let our opponents name themselves and respected it. Should democrats respond by calling the GOP “The Republic Party”?
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If Republicans were to begin self-describing as Republics, then that would make sense. Since Democrats self-describe as Democrats....
 
cpwill said:
I'll admit, that's surprising to me. I thought the Democrat Party had successfully purged all the pro-life sentiment from its ranks. I will have to amend my opinion of this section of the party in an accordingly positive direction.
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It's Louisiana. There's no way Edwards would have been elected on anything less than pro-life. Even the blue parishes that elected him are still very pro-life and pro-gun.

Pick any one of those blue parishes like Bienville, Red River, Natchtoches, St. Helena, St. Landy: there a church house on every corner. In St. Landry, Plaquemines, Iberville, Assumption, Accension, St. James, St. Charles, St. John The Baptist: they're alllllllll Catholic.
 

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Nickyjo said:
I agree with the guy. Republicans’ use of “Democrat party” is a junior high stunt, demonstrating the level to which we’ve sunk in our public discourse. It used to be we at least let our opponents name themselves and respected it. Should democrats respond by calling the GOP “The Republic Party”?
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The Democrats aren't democratic. That's why we call them the Democrat Party.
 
cpwill said:
If Republicans were to begin self-describing as Republics, then that would make sense. Since Democrats self-describe as Democrats....
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I am a democrat, a member of the Democratic Party. Case closed. Thank you for your courtesy and respect.
 
apdst said:
The Democrats aren't democratic. That's why we call them the Democrat Party.
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Republic comes from the Latin “res publica”, meaning a “public thing”. And they of course want to privatize everything. So I suppose I should counter-accuse the GOP of not living up to their name. And of course their attempts to suppress votes obviously means they are not democratic either.
 
Btw, just read a summary of the law. How do the proposers expect the law to hold up if challenged?
 
cpwill said:
If Republicans were to begin self-describing as Republics, then that would make sense. Since Democrats self-describe as Democrats....
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Democrat is a noun. Democratic is a adjective.
Republican is both a noun and an adjective.


People who use the term “Democrat Party” are not speaking English.
 
Gaius46 said:
Democrat is a noun. Democratic is a adjective.
Republican is both a noun and an adjective.


People who use the term “Democrat Party” are not speaking English.
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