As bans churn through statehouses across the country, antiabortion Democrats have found themselves the target of fierce criticism from fellow party members, their conflict exposing a scarcely discussed rift on the left.
FILE - In this Monday, April 8, 2019 file photo, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds his hand to his heart with his wife, Donna Edwards, and their daughter Sarah Ellen Edwards, right, during the pledge of allegiance at the opening of the annual state legislative session in Baton Rouge, La. By Reis Thebault Reis Thebault National and breaking news reporter Email Bio Follow May 25 at 9:08 AM If Gov.
But if you ask them, they’ll say it’s the Democratic Party that has left them behind, not the other way around. Another influential party leader, Rep. Pramila Jayapal , said earlier this month that antiabortion Democrats should face strong primary challengers. As a method of launching a court battle that may one day overturn Roe, Day says she supports the abortion bans passed this year. But, as a legislating tactic, they’re lacking without accompanying measures like paid family leave, she said — policies she believes also look out for humans after they’re born.
In 2006, a Democratic state senator sponsored a “trigger law” that would automatically ban abortions, except when birth threatens a mother’s life, in the event that Roe is overturned. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, also a Democrat, signed it into law, ensuring Louisiana would be among the first states to outlaw abortion should the Supreme Court reverse course.
Edwards says his views come from his religion, and though they may ostracize him nationally, they’re pretty natural in his home state. When Joe Biden was in his 30s, representing Delaware in the Senate, he said he believed Roe had gone “too far.” Soon after, he supported a constitutional amendment that would allow states to overturn the court’s decision on an individual basis. He called it, “the single most difficult vote I’ve cast as a U.S. senator.” An abortion rights group said it was “the most devastating attack yet on abortion rights.
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