Louisiana Legislature, We Are Watching.
Will you protect Louisiana children?
All eyes are on the Louisiana Legislature today.
A veto override session is a constitutional given in Louisiana UNLESS the majority of either chamber of the legislature opposes it. To do that, they must submit a ballot by 11:59 pm TODAY, July 13, 2023.
What will your state legislators do?
There have been indications, including comments from Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder and Senate President Page Cortez, that the veto session will take place, but if you have been following this legislature for any length of time you know they can convene, then adjourn five minutes later having done nothing. An unofficial polling of members of the legislature points to the inevitability of a veto session with only a few Republicans signaling they will not be participating. Who are they? Senators Fred Mills and Rogers Pope, and Representative Joseph Stagni.
The impetus to convene this veto session is, of course, the necessity to protect children from so called “gender affirming care.” With Governor Edwards’ veto of HB648, which would halt any attempts to chemically or surgically modify the sex of minors, vulnerable children are left to the mercy of extreme ideology in the medical community and the medicalization of a mental health issue.
As it stands, Louisiana is now surrounded by states establishing laws to protect minors from this unethical practice. Louisiana will again be the leader in a category NO ONE else wants to compete in because of the horrific ramifications.
HFL recognizes the predatory nature of the pharmaceutical industry and that these procedures and treatments, once started, never end and create patients for life. The veto of HB648 must be overturned to force this industry to “Leave the Kids Alone.”
Will this veto be overturned? We are watching.
Along with HB648, Edwards vetoed several other health freedom bills intended to protect children: HB182 which would prevent schools from requiring covid vaccination for school attendance and HB399 which would require schools to inform parents and students about the vaccine exemption law.
Contact your legislators with the link below and ask them to support the veto session and this legislation.
Our friends at Louisiana Family Forum have also created a link so you can thank your legislators for their thoughtful consideration of these and other bills intended to protect children that will be presented during the veto session: HB81 and HB466.
If the past is any indication of the future, public pressure will force a veto session, but a show of continued public support will help ensure the legislature ACTS on our wishes. Please plan to attend the veto session, if possible, which should convene at noon on July 18th. Your presence at the Capitol is an excellent reminder that Louisiana expects action.
We are watching.