2022 Legislative Session
In our 2022 Legislative Agenda, our foremost priorities encompassed broadening birth control accessibility, providing backing to pregnant and parenting students, propelling period equity, safeguarding the rights of transgender youth, and vehemently opposing assaults on abortion rights. However, a significant turn of events occurred in May 2022 when a leaked Supreme Court decision indicated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Subsequently, this leak intensified the endeavors to reinforce anti-abortion actions, including a push to criminalize abortion.
Policy Priorities
PASSED
Requires Medicaid to cover the dispensing of up to a 6-month supply of prescribed self-administered contraceptives – such as the ring, the patch or the pill – at one time so people don’t have to return to the pharmacy every month for refills.
Signed by the Governor - Act 708
PASSED
Requires Louisiana hospitals provide survivors of sexual assault with information about emergency contraception and dispense Plan B to survivors if requested.
Signed by the Governor - Act 513
PASSED
Directs school boards to adopt policies that support young people who are pregnant or parenting to remain and succeed in school.
Signed by the Governor - Act 472
FAILED
This bill would have prevented the targeting of pregnant and postpartum people with arrest or criminal prosecution because of their pregnancy outcomes, including stillbirth, miscarriage, or any other pregnancy outcome that not resulting in a live birth.
FAILED
This bill requested DCFS to audit the Alternatives to Abortion program and bring much-needed transparency and accountability to this taxpayer funded initiative.
FAILED
This bill would have required publics to make menstrual products available in easily accessible locations at no cost to students.
Partner Bills
PASSED
Improves screening, diagnosis, and treatment for women with maternal mental health disorders.
Signed by the Governor - Act 188
PASSED
The CROWN Act: prohibits discrimination based on natural hairstyles.
Signed by the Governor - Act 529
FAILED
This bill would have prohibited the harmful practice of conversion therapy.
FAILED
This bill would have protected LGBTQ+ people from housing discrimination.
Opposed Bills
FAILED
The “Abolition of Abortion Act” would have made it a crime to terminate a pregnancy at any stage after fertilization, making IVF and some forms of birth control illegal. The bill would have allowed a pregnant person to be criminally charged with murder or battery. The bill also stated that any judge who does not follow the unconstitutional proposed law is subject to removal/impeachment.
FAILED
This bill would have made drastic changes to Louisiana’s judicial bypass law, the only manner in which a minor can obtain approval for an abortion when parental consent is not safe or feasible. This bill would have essentially forced a minor to go on trial to defend her constitutional rights and made it nearly impossible to get the abortion they need.
FAILED
Don't Say Gay/Queer Bill
Prohibits discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools.
FAILED
This bill would have allowed for medically unnecessary drug testing without consent for women during or shortly after labor and delivery.
PASSED
This ia an extreme ban that criminalizes all abortions from the "moment of fertilization." The bill does not include any exceptions for rape and incest. We were able to amend the bill to ensure it doesn’t make birth control and emergency contraception illegal.
PASSED
This bill criminalizes medication abortion if not prescribed by a Louisiana physician, and when not administered to the patient in person, making it a felony under any other circumstances. We were able to amend the bill to ensure it doesn’t make birth control and emergency contraception illegal.
PASSED
This bill provides additional funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
PASSED
This bill ban trans athletes from playing sports with their peers, passed out of the legislature.
VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR
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