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Attorney General & Governor of Louisiana Battle Over Abortion

Louisiana's attorney general and governor are battling over abortion in the Bayou State.

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Louisiana Jeff Landry explains victory in court

Jeff Landry, the Republican pro-life AG of Louisiana, told local state officials who refuse to enforce their pro-life laws that they should lose state funding. This drew a sharp response from Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, who accused Landry of punishing the people instead the officials.

Amid news of the NOLA City Council, Mayor, Police Chief, DA, & Sheriff pledging not to enforce La’s #abortionlaws – AG Landry called on the Treasurer & his fellow Bond Commission Members to delay any applications and funding for the City until its officials have affirmed… (1/2) pic.twitter.com/LH99rlPSwY
— AG Jeff Landry (@AGJeffLandry) July 19, 2022

“As Attorney General and member of the Bond Commission, it is my belief that a parish or municipality should not benefit from the hard-working taxpayers of this State while ignoring laws validly enacted by the people through their representatives,”
Attorney General Landry

What's the point of @LouisianaGov signing these laws, if he doesn't care about them being enforced? https://t.co/7aXXbeoRH5
— AG Jeff Landry (@AGJeffLandry) July 19, 2022

Tables have turned on the pro-abortion movement, which until recently could claim that abortion was the law of the land and had to be guaranteed. After Dobbs, they are vowing to disobey the Supreme Court and their state laws in order to continue to protect abortion.