>>1149509
they seem to be opposed to people debating bills or putting forward legislation if it is pro-abortion
to the point of carving out a specific exemption for abortion as the no-no subject you're not allowed to make petitions about.
>>1149525
>cite the proposal
see >>1149300
>“It was a wake-up call that taught us we have a ton of work to do,” said Kelsey Pritchard, the state public affairs director for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on ballot initiative fights on abortion over the next two years. “We’re going to be really engaged on these ballot measures that are often very radical and go far beyond what Roe ever did.”
>In Mississippi, where a court order froze all ballot efforts in 2021, GOP lawmakers are advancing legislation that would restore the mechanism but prohibit voters from putting abortion-related measures on the ballot.
>“I think it just continues the policy of Mississippi and our state leaders that we’re going to be a pro-life state,” said Mississippi state Rep. Nick Bain, who presented the bill on the House floor.
>>1149523
can you elaborate?
Genuinely, I don't understand how this isn't the government restricting its citizens from telling them what to do. Which is ass-backwards, the citizens ALWAYS have the right to tell lawmakers what to do, it's not the lawmaker's job to do anything but rubber stamp what their constituents want, ideally.

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