Category: Gov. John Bel Edwards

Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Into Law That Will Shutter All Abortion Clinics if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

June 22, 2022
abortion banGov. John Bel EdwardsLocal NewslousianaRegional-Local NewsSocial IssuesUS
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Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law Senate Bill 342 on June 21, which bans almost all abortions in the state and creates criminal penalties for abortion providers who flout the law. “My position on abortion has been unwavering—I am pro-life and have never hidden from that fact,” Bel Edwards wrote in a…

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Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Into Law That Would Ban Most Abortions if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

June 22, 2022
abortion banGov. John Bel EdwardsLocal NewslousianaRegional-Local NewsSocial IssuesUS
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Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law Senate Bill 342 on June 21, which bans almost all abortions in the state and creates criminal penalties for abortion providers who flout the law. “My position on abortion has been unwavering—I am pro-life and have never hidden from that fact,” Edwards wrote in a June…

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Louisiana State Senator Calls for Youth Detention Facility to Close After ‘Escapes Embolden an Uprising’

June 18, 2022
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BRIDGE CITY, La.—A Louisiana state senator is calling for a detention center housing juveniles who have committed violent crimes to be shut down after an “uprising” of 20 inmates in the facility on Thursday night. State Senator Patrick Connick, a Republican, told The Epoch Times that the Bridge City Center for Youth (BCCY) wasn’t designed…

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