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Louisiana remains a state which permits transgender men to compete in women sports, a practiced banned in the more conservative states. In 200. In 2021, Edwards vetoed legislation passed by both legislative chambers that would have banned transgenders from women's sports competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lailluminator.com/2021/06/22/louisiana-governor-vetoes-transgender-sports-ban/|title=Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoes ban on transgender women and girls in women’s sports: Lawmakers passed the bill with overwhelming support|author=Julie O'Donoghue|publisher=lailluminator.com|date=June 22, 2021|accessdate=March 11, 2022}}</ref>

Louisiana remains a state which permits transgender men to compete in women sports, a practiced banned in the more conservative states. In 200. In 2021, Edwards vetoed legislation passed by both legislative chambers that would have banned transgenders from women's sports competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lailluminator.com/2021/06/22/louisiana-governor-vetoes-transgender-sports-ban/|title=Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoes ban on transgender women and girls in women’s sports: Lawmakers passed the bill with overwhelming support|author=Julie O'Donoghue|publisher=lailluminator.com|date=June 22, 2021|accessdate=March 11, 2022}}</ref>

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

==Edwards reaffirms his "pro-life" stance==

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. Edwards' comments on how the pandemic has impacted Louisiana motorists led [[Texas]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] to halt Louisiana motorists from entering Texas.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 6, 2020.</ref> Griffon calls the governor "St. Bel" because of what Griffon sees as the governor's sanctimonious political stances.

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. Edwards' comments on how the pandemic has impacted Louisiana motorists led [[Texas]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] to halt Louisiana motorists from entering Texas.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 6, 2020.</ref> Griffon calls the governor "St. Bel" because of what Griffon sees as the governor's sanctimonious political stances.