Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 1, 2022. A bill scheduled for debate Thursday, May 12, 2022, in the Louisiana House would make women who get abortions subject to criminal prosecution and prison — a position that has drawn opposition from Louisiana’s anti-abortion governor and groups including Louisiana Right to Life and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. “To suggest that a woman would be jailed for an abortion is simply absurd,” Edwards, a devout Catholic and a Democrat who has long broken with his party on the abortion issue said in a news release Wednesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton) **FILE**
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