Abortion ban opponents conflicted in Louisiana governor race

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — At the height of Louisiana’s debate over a strict new abortion ban, phone calls poured into Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office, from people urging him to jettison the measure and threatening to withhold votes for his reelection bid as he signed the new law.
So many hundreds of calls bombarded the governor’s office in opposition to the ban on abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy that workers couldn’t physically log all the com