Politics

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Louisiana voters will have the opportunity to amend their state constitution to ensure no activist judges find a “right” to abortion in the state… On Wednesday, the Louisiana legislature passed the Love Life Amendment, a state constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot in November 2020, The Advocate reports… The measure would add language to the Louisiana Constitution stating that there is no right to an abortion or taxpayer funding for abortions. The bill had to pass the state legislature by a two-thirds majority, and voters must approve it before it can be added… Its sponsor is state Rep. Katrina Jackson, a pro-life Democrat…

By Nathaniel Thomas, The Stream - In recent months, multiple states like Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana have passed laws to curb access to abortion… The left and the mainstream media are spinning a narrative that a draconian cabal of lawmakers is unjustly trying to take power away from women… Loud is the outrage and sharp is the criticism from women’s groups, college students, and prominent Democratic leaders… But the fact of the matter is that over 61 million babies have been aborted since Roe v. Wade in 1973. Over 19 million of those babies were African-American.