We're back to the abortion platform now. There's a vote on whether the party wants an exemption legalizing abortion if the mother's life is in lethal danger. Roll call takes a while.
They rejected the amendment. There will be no exemptions for the life of the mother in the party platform.
That was a 412-164 vote. So, 412 delegates declined granting exemptions for the life of the mother.
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Judge Michael Lojek will preside over Rev. Faucher's arraignment today. He is still in custody.
Online records show Rev. Faucher faces 11 counts sexual exploitation of a child, 2 counts distributing sexually exploitative material of a child, 1 felony drug charge, 1 misdemeanor drug charge.
The judge is still working his way through the female inmates who are being arraigned. We haven't reached Rev. Faucher's case yet.