Letter: Amendment One would help La. build culture of life

When Louisianians enter the voting booth on November 3, the first amendment on the ballot will ask, "Do you support an amendment declaring that, to protect human life, a right to abortion and the funding of abortion shall not be found in the Louisiana constitution?" I'm proud to be voting yes! While this amendment will not ban any abortions directly, and does not have any effect on whether or not pro-life laws have “exceptions” such as rape, incest, and life of the mother, it will protect our state from a “state-level Roe v. Wade decision,” by a court Judge as has already happened in 13 other states.

It will prevent pro-choice activist judges from circumventing legislatures and popular will by finding the right to abortion in our state constitution.

Far from taking away the human rights of any Louisianians, Amendment One, colloquially known as the Love Life Amendment, will help extend the most basic and fundamental right to life to even the smallest and most vulnerable members of our society. The abortion lobby has sunk millions of dollars and millions of hours into dehumanizing unborn children, calling them parasites and products of conception. But most embryologists, even pro-choice ones, acknowledge that life begins at conception. The question then becomes, which lives are worth defending? My answer is: all of them.

Pro-choicers will say that abortion is healthcare. No procedure that intentionally takes a human life can ever be called "care." As we saw when the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's common-sense admitting privileges law, the abortion lobby cares more about profits than the health and safety of Louisiana women.

I'm voting yes on the Love Life Amendment because I don't want to see this cal-lous disregard for human life in my state. With my vote, I'm working to build a cul-ture of life where no human is sacrificed for convenience. Abortion is the very antithesis of love and empowerment. Please join me in voting yes to the Love Life Amendment on November 3 if you believe in human rights for all human beings.

Angela B. Stelly
St. Mary Parish Captain,
Louisiana Pro-Life Amendment Coalition

ST. MARY NOW

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