Under a newly filed bill, delegates would convene in late May to write a new state constitution. After reading Beaullieu’s bill, Mary-Patricia Wray, a lobbyist and adjunct constitutional law professor at Tulane Law School, likened the constitution to a closet that hasn’t been cleaned in a long time.

“There’s a big broad spectrum of chronic health care conditions that are affected by our fundamental right to utilize birth control. And we’re not here to talk about anything other than utilizing birth control,” Mary-Patricia Wray with Top Drawer Strategies.

"We have a high percentage of students in EBR that are either identified as having a disability, or likely should be identified as having a disability, so that they become eligible for these other services," Wray said.

“It’s really just a back step to make sure that people are safe and can make important low-level really, medical decisions for themselves and protect themselves from disease or pregnancy when it’s not wanted,” said Wray.

Political consultant Mary-Patricia Wray talks the upcoming special session on crime, the cancellation of Blue Cross Blue Shield and Elevance merge, and other local and national political topics.

“Since constitutionally protected funding for healthcare and education remains the lion's share of our state budget, this discussion should primarily be seen as one focused on access to public funds by the private sector and whether or not things like constitutionally protected retirement systems will remain a staple of Louisiana's number one employer – government – or not,” Wray wrote recently.

State Rep. Delisha Boyd, state Sen. Beth Mizell, consultant Mary-Patricia Wray, state Senate President Pro Tem Regina Barrow and New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno meet at Washington Mardi Gras to formulate legislation involving victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.

“Lafayette Parish would have a unique opportunity to benefit from the close partisan divide in Washington, D.C., since the two districts touching it will likely be opposite party members,” says political consultant Mary-Patricia Wray of Baton Rouge.

Democratic political consultant Mary Patricia Wray is joined by Republican political consultant Scott Wilfong to discuss various local and national political topics including redistricting and the idea of a closed primary.

Left to right: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Gov.-elect Jeff Landry and political strategist Mary-Patricia Wray are seen in a photo shared to Cantrell's official Facebook page on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 at the Bayou Classic foootball game in New Orleans, LA.