US Senate candidate Luke Mixon (D)
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Luke Mixon says he remains a pro-life candidate, but if elected as Louisiana’s next U-S Senator he would vote to legalize abortions in federal law. Mixon says the abortion bans that some states have put in are too radical.
“There is nothing about pro-life about forcing the victim of rape to bear their assailant’s child,” said Mixon
Mixon, along with fellow Democrats Gary Chambers and Syrita Steib are the major Democratic candidates trying to unseat Republican John Kennedy in November.
Louisiana’s abortion ban does not allow for exceptions for rape or incest. The state department of health released a list of medical exceptions that allow for the termination of a pregnancy. They center around the health of the mother and the fetus. But Mixon says doctors are still concerned if they perform an abortion based on one of the exemptions.
“There’s nothing pro-life about threatening prosecution or jail time for a mother who chooses to terminate a pregnancy that threatens her very own life,” said Mixon.
Mixon says he’s personally opposed to abortion, but many of the laws to prohibit abortions are too extreme.
“And I just don’t trust the government to make these decisions, so therefore I would gladly vote to codify Roe,” said Mixon.
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