BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Grants Emergency Stay in Abortion Case
Submitted by merenberg on February 8th, 2019
Supreme Court Grants Emergency Stay in Abortion Case
Delaying a rogue ruling that threatens the extinction of Louisiana clinics
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Federal Appeals Court Ignores Supreme Court Precedent
Submitted by merenberg on January 18th, 2019The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to reconsider its rogue decision on a Louisiana law aimed at closing abortion clinics.
01.18.19 (PRESS RELEASE) - Today, the Fifth Circuit refused to reconsider its decision from last year upholding a Louisiana law that requires physicians performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. This means the law will go into effect in the next seven days, pending any legal action to stop it.
Donate Toys To Children Of Incarcerated Parents
Submitted by merenberg on December 7th, 2018
Parents giving toys to their children is a hallmark of the holiday season. For some kids whose parents don't have the resources to give them gifts, toy drives can help bring holiday cheer to children (and parents) in need. But other children will spend the holiday season away from their parents because their parents are incarcerated — and that's where this toy drive comes in.
Lift Louisiana and our partners are coordinating this toy drive so moms in prison can give holiday gifts to their children.
Louisiana Court Invalidates Regulations of Abortion Clinics
Submitted by merenberg on December 6th, 201812.06.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) - Today, a district court in Baton Rouge invalidated all of Louisiana’s current abortion clinic regulations, passed in 2015 by the Louisiana Department of Health. Judge Janice Clark of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge held that the state’s abortion clinic regulations are invalid because they were not properly promulgated by the department, as required by state law. These overbroad, burdensome regulations further threatened abortion accessibility in Louisiana, where only three abortion clinics remain to serve women in the
State Attempts to Delay Judgement in Abortion Regulations Lawsuit
Submitted by merenberg on December 4th, 2018Today, a judge heard brief arguments in Louisiana's 19th Judicial District Court about whether to put litigation on hold that challenges the Louisiana Department of Health's (the Department) regulations of abortion clinics.
Mississippi’s 15 Week Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
Submitted by merenberg on November 30th, 2018
Last week, a federal judge ruled that the law Mississippi passed to ban abortions after 15 weeks was unconstitutional.[i] In the opinion, the judge writes that “The established medical consensus...is that viability typically begins between 23 to 24 weeks lmp."[ii]
We Stand with Trans People
Submitted by merenberg on October 24th, 2018This week we learned about the Trump administration memo that seeks to define gender as either male or female, based on genitalia recorded at birth (or subsequent genetic testing). This proposal would assign gender at birth and would not allow it to be changed over the course of a person's life.
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Submitted by merenberg on October 5th, 2018U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Ruling That Will Close Nearly All Abortion Clinics in Louisiana
Submitted by merenberg on September 26th, 2018Yesterday evening, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a Louisiana law requiring physicians performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. This ruling will likely close most if not all clinics in the state.
The Louisiana law is nearly identical to the law that was overturned in the 2016 decision by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.
Striking Down Unnecessary Regulations of Abortion Clinics
Submitted by merenberg on September 11th, 201809.11.18 - (PRESS RELEASE)
Lift Louisiana took a crucial step today towards protecting women’s access to reproductive health care in Louisiana. Attorneys working with the reproductive rights organization filed a motion asking a Louisiana court to strike down medically unnecessary regulations regarding abortion clinics.
