A bill that would stop correctional facilities from using restraints on pregnant women in most circumstances was unanimously approved by the House Criminal Justice Committee Wednesday and needs one more affirmative vote from the full House of.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards overcame steep odds to become the only Democratic governor in the Deep South in part because of his staunch opposition to abortion and his loyal allegiance to gun owners.
Throughout his first term and into his second the governor has signed virtually every bill that made it to his desk adding abortion restrictions or expanding gun rights.
He signed the fetal heartbeat abortion bill in 2019 and found rare common ground with current House Republican Caucus Chair Blake Miguez last year signing his bills that barred local governments from restricting handgun use and stripped the governor s own authority to regulate the manufacture and sale of guns during an emergency.