Anti-abortion constitutional amendment vote pushed to 2020 for ‘strategic reasons’
Legislation introduced by pro-life Democratic state representative Katrina Jackson was initially written to put an anti-abortion constitutional amendment on the ballot this October. But she altered those plans after deciding for “strategic reasons” the vote should occur in 2020 instead.
“I am always concerned that what I do does not impact my colleagues’ elections, that I don’t skew the elections,” Jackson told Vice reporter Shawna Thomas.
“For strategic reasons the sponsor of the amendment, State Representative Katrina Jackson, pulled it from the floor,” Thomas explained. “If it had been passed, the constitutional change would have ended up on the ballot this October, Jackson wants it to be voted on in November 2020 instead. It was an example of Jackson balancing the fact that she’s staunchly anti-abortion against the fact that she’s also a Democrat.”
Jackson further admitted during the interview that the decision to push the amendment back a year was a compromise between “pro-life Democrats and non-pro-life Democrats.”
“I’m gonna put it in conference committee to add the amendment that pro-life Democrats and non-pro-life Democrats attempted to add, and that’s to have this vote go down during the presidential election,” Jackson said during the interview, which can be viewed in full below.
“Edwards is running for reelection in a race in which Republicans are busy painting him as too liberal for Louisiana. One way the governor counters the charge is to point to his anti-abortion record…”
Well if he’s liberal they why doesn’t he just brag about it instead of trying to cover it up
‘ It was an example of Jackson balancing the fact that she’s staunchly anti-abortion against the fact that she’s also a Democrat.”’
…What the fresh hell is THAT? This is like “Christians for Satan” or “Pro-Israel Muslims”, it just isn’t possible.
…You can’t be ANTI murder and PRO murderer. You HAVE to pick a side, or the cognitive dissonance ALONE will turn you into, well, a FULL-ON Democrat, with all the crazy THAT entails.
…It SOUNDS like you MIGHT still have SOME sanity left. Maybe you should get on the Lord’s side and leave his minion collective on the other side of the aisle, before you lose your soul FOREVER.
…After all, as the Bible says…
“5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
-James 1:5-8
It’s inconceivable to me that the Dems aren’t primarying this guy simply because he signed the abortion bill.
I suppose it’s also inconceivable to me that he claims to be a Dem.
“Baby murder bad.”
“Baby murder good?”
I’ve got 5. Who’ll give me 10? I’ve got 10. Who’ll give me… oh, that’s 10 “Baby murder bad.” Alright. I’ve got 10. I’ve got 15… “Baby murder good.” I’m “staunchly anti-abortion,” and I’ve got 15 “Baby murder good.” 15 “Baby murder good.” Going once. Going twice. Sold. To the… myn in the back row. For 15. “Baby murder good.”
“…a compromise between ‘pro-life Democrats’…
You mean all 4 of them?