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TexasTowelie

(116,887 posts)
Fri Apr 15, 2022, 02:50 PM Apr 2022

Louisiana lawmakers consider more restrictions for abortion pill

The Louisiana Legislature is likely to pass further restrictions this year on medication-induced abortion, which allow people to terminate a pregnancy through pills rather than surgery.

Senate Bill 388, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, is part of a national anti-abortion push to prohibit medical staff from prescribing abortion pills online or over the phone and then sending the pills through the mail. The bill would also expands the circumstances under which providing an abortion would be considered a crime in Louisiana.

The Senate Judiciary C Committee voted 3-1 Tuesday for the legislation, with Sen. Gary Carter, D-New Orleans, in opposition. Most state lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards are against abortion, meaning abortion restrictions typically face little opposition before they become Louisiana state law.

Hewitt’s legislation requires that a pregnant person seeking a medication-induced abortion see a Louisiana-based physician for an in-person visit and take the abortion pills in front of the doctor.

Read more: https://lailluminator.com/2022/04/12/louisiana-lawmakers-consider-more-restrictions-for-abortion-pill/

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Louisiana lawmakers consider more restrictions for abortion pill (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2022 OP
God I hate these people. Solutions to WHAT? CurtEastPoint Apr 2022 #1
The war on women just gets worse and worse. ShazzieB Apr 2022 #2

ShazzieB

(18,704 posts)
2. The war on women just gets worse and worse.
Fri Apr 15, 2022, 03:45 PM
Apr 2022

And it will continue to do so until SCOTUS hands down its decision on the Mississippi abortion law. At which point, if the decision is what most of us expect....

IT WILL GET EVEN WORSE!

SO f***ing sick of this! At least we'll finally know exactly what we're up against, but I shudder to think what that will be.

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