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Louisiana Rep. Danny McCormick, arguing that the state’s existing trigger laws, which would ensure that abortion will be a crime if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, are inadequate to give fetuses equal protection under the law, claiming that women who have an abortion should be in the same legal position as one who takes the life of a child after birth. McCormick proposed legislation that would make women who end their pregnancies subject to criminal homicide prosecutions. Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is anti-abortion, has said he’d veto the legislation. Late in the evening on May 12, 2022, McCormick withdrew the bill from consideration. (Associated Press, Reuters — May 12 and 13, 2022)
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Joseph Charles, owner of Rock City Pizza in Boston, regarding the immense challenges inflation has created for business owners, specifically restaurants. (NPR — May 11, 2022)
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Geoff Schumacher, vice president of The Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nev., referring to a body that was found in a barrel in Lake Mead. As the lake’s surface levels drop due to severe drought and climate change, many expect more bodies to resurface. (Associated Press — May 10, 2022)
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, in a tweet responding to the attack against the Madison headquarters of anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action just three days after the leaked Supreme Court draft. The building had its windows broken, the inside of an office was burned and the message “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either” was graffitied on the outside. The fire department responded shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday, May 8. (Wisconsin Public Radio — May 8, 2022)
