On our way back from Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport, we drove through Woodstock on Route 47.
There was a big back-up as we entered and left Burger King.
As we paused at the McConnell Road stop light, here’s what I saw framed by the railroad overpass.
Demonstrators on both sides of Route 47.
Traffic was moving slowly.
There were a lot of people on my side of the road.
The first sign I saw was on the city side of the road.
It was held by a man in a ski mask to ward off the 35 degree temperature and biting wind and said,
Stop
Jack Franks
Anti-Family
Law
There is at least one other that says,
You can click on the photo to enlarge it, but it was taken through the windshield and is a bit fuzzy.
My wife asked if our son knew what that meant.
“Of course, everybody knows abortion kills a child!”
He sounded exasperated to be asked such an easy question.
Most of the protesters seemed to be right in front of State Rep. Jack Franks’ office.
A pickup truck held some youngsters.
One’s sign read,
Call Jack
No to
HB 2354
A man held a larger sign saying,
STOP
HOUSE BILL
2354
Taking another approach, a man with hat and earmuffs held a poster saying,
FiRE Franks
Tough to do when the Republican Party under both Bill LeFew’s and Mike Tryon’s chairmanships would not even get a candidate to run.
Maybe next year one of the demonstrators will run for the office.
As we waited to turn left on Route 14, we a cluster of demonstrators. A boy held a sign with a happy face saying,
Smile
Your Mom
CHOSE
LIFE
I’ll run more if I get some reports from people who took part in the demonstration. Maybe they will even send me pictures of those who spoke to the crowd.
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House Bill 2354 was introduced on Feb. 18th. Jack Franks signed on as a co-sponsor three weeks later on March 12th one day after it was voted onto the House floor on a 5-2 vote by the House Human Services Committee. Perhaps I will be excused for thinking that Franks is positioning himself for a statewide run for attorney general. With his colleague Julie Hamos also jockeying for the attorney general position and having become a co-sponsor the day the bill was introduced, perhaps I will be excused for suggesting Franks has figured out that a Democrat who is not acceptable to the pro-abortion Personal PAC will have a difficult time winning a Democratic Party primary election. Personal PAC has not traditionally been friendly to Franks.
HB 2354 basically puts into state law the ability to have an abortion any time during pregnancy.