{"id":198696,"date":"2019-03-19T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198696"},"modified":"2019-03-19T01:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T06:03:55","slug":"pro-life-democrats-embraced-even-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-democrats-embraced-even-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life Democrats should be embraced… even by Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A seemingly commonplace occurrence, several Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in Louisiana have attacked Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat. U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone are trying to make the claim that they are the truly pro-life candidates in the race — and have criticized Edwards for his Democratic party’s pro-abortion stance.\u00a0There’s just one problem, though: Edwards himself is one of the very few pro-life<\/em> Democrats left in the country, and attacking his pro-life principles does massive harm to the movement, which should be above political party affiliation.<\/p>\n

Last month, Abraham criticized Edwards on Facebook<\/a> for taking donations from the Democratic National Committee. He attempted to link Edwards to Ralph Northam<\/a>, and to Virginia’s extreme pro-abortion bill. Oddly, while criticizing Edwards for not being pro-life enough, Abraham also took to Twitter to boast that he supports the death penalty<\/a>, criticizing Edwards for not taking a stance for or against it.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Louisiana governor: Being pro-life Democrat ‘bigger challenge than it should be’<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rispone likewise tried to link Edwards to the Democratic Party’s pro-abortion stance, writing on Twitter<\/a> that “[f]rom late term abortions to infanticide, John Bel Edwards’ Democratic Party will stop at nothing to inject their pro-abortion agenda into Louisiana.” While this may be accurate when referring to Edwards’ party, Edwards has taken an opposing stance to his party on abortion.<\/p>\n

The Texarkana Gazette<\/a> notes that there have been other attacks from both Republican candidates, while the Shreveport Times<\/a> pointed out Edwards’ ardent pro-life legacy in Louisiana, including a decline in the number of abortions<\/a> committed in the state. Edwards backs up his values<\/a> with his voting, and has a 100% rating from Louisiana Right to Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thank you @JohnBelforLA<\/a> for your strong stand for life! #PreauxLife<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/6OgFlCIDhR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 LA Right to Life (@LARighttoLife) March 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n