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==Is Edwards "pro-life"?==

==Is Edwards "pro-life"?==

In the spring of 2020, Edwards gained repeated national television exposure regarding how hard Louisiana has been hit in the [[coronavirus]] pandemic, particularly New Orleans during [[Mardi Gras]]. Edwards issued a "stay-at-home" order, including churches, but he exempted [[abortion]] clinics from the order though he has long-claimed a "pro-life" position. When he ran for governor in 2015, he cut an advertisement explaining that he and his wife, Donna, had not aborted a special-needs child. He also signed in his first term an anti-abortion bill since held in abeyance by federal courts. The legislation had large bipartisan majorities in both houses of the legislature. With national aspirations presumably in his future, Edwards would be required to abandon any pretense of being opposed to abortion. Louisiana voters are mostly anti-abortion, but 51 percent in 2019 voted for a second term for Edwards. Edwards' comments on how hard Louisiana has been hit led [[Texas]] Republican Governor [[Greg Abbott]] to shut off access, temporarily for Louisiana motorists seeking to enter Texas from the east.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 6, 2020.</ref>

In the spring of 2020, Edwards gained repeated national television exposure regarding how hard Louisiana has been hit in the [[coronavirus]] pandemic, particularly New Orleans during [[Mardi Gras]]. Edwards issued a "stay-at-home" order, including churches, but he exempted [[abortion]] clinics from the order though he has long-claimed a "pro-life" position. When he ran for governor in 2015, he cut an advertisement explaining that he and his wife, Donna, had not aborted a child diagnosed as special-needs while still in the womb. He also signed in his first term an anti-abortion bill since held in abeyance by federal courts. The legislation had large bipartisan majorities in both houses of the legislature. With national aspirations presumably in his future, Edwards would be required to abandon any pretense of being opposed to abortion. Louisiana voters are mostly anti-abortion, but 51 percent in 2019 voted to give Edwards a second term. Edwards' comments on how the pandemic has impacted Louisiana motorists led [[Texas]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] to halt Louisiana motorists from enetering Texas.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 6, 2020.</ref>

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