In a 5–4 decision on Tuesday in NIFLA v. Becerra, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a challenge to a California law that required reproductive health clinics in California, including crisis pregnancy centers, disclose certain information to patients. The question in this case is whether these notice requirements violate the First Amendment.
The law had two requirements:
Lift Louisiana stands completely with immigrant families regardless of their citizenship status. We emphatically condemn the racist, xenophobic and inhumane actions of the Trump Administration, particularly Jeff Sessions, Steven Miller and the Department of Homeland Security and immigration enforcement. The administration continues to demonize those who wish to enter our country in search of a better life. We know that families are stronger together, especially when facing an uncertain future and fleeing trauma and oppression.
The biggest threat to Louisiana women’s ability to access quality abortion care is politicians in the state. That is the key message of a new public education campaign launched today by Lift Louisiana, a leading reproductive rights advocacy organization, and supported by the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Advocates for women’s health will host a Press Conference on Friday, May 18 to demand politicians focus the last days of this legislative session on improving health care access, the vital social services network, and economic justice for Louisiana women and families. For the last several months politicians in the capitol have failed to deliver justice for Louisiana women.
Changes to the law do little to address underlying legal and health concerns
On Wednesday, the the members of the Criminal Justice Committee in the Louisiana House narrowly approved an amended proposal by Senator John Milkovich that would ban abortion after 15 weeks. The vote was 9-8.
Changes to the law do little to address underlying legal and health concerns
On Wednesday, the the members of the Criminal Justice Committee in the Louisiana House narrowly approved an amended proposal by Senator John Milkovich that would ban abortion after 15 weeks. The vote was 9-8.
Reproductive justice, coined by SisterSong, is defined as “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities”. Reproductive justice advocates focus on access to safe abortion, contraception, pregnancy care, sex education, and much more. In addition, reproductive justice work breaks down all systems of oppression.
Cross-posted from Louisiana Budget Project
House budget targets hospitals and college students
Facing a $648 million "fiscal cliff" caused by expiring tax revenue, a divided Louisiana House approved an operating budget Thursday that includes deep cuts to health care services for low-income families and TOPS college scholarships. Needing 53 votes to pass the bill, House leadership mustered 55 votes to send the flawed proposal to the Senate. The Advocate's Elizabeth Crisp reports:
For Immediate Release
April 17, 2018
Louisiana Senators Advance Unconstitutional Ban on Abortions After 15 Weeks
New proposal very likely to end up in court
New Orleans, LA - On Tuesday, the the members of the Judiciary C Committee in the Louisiana Senate approved a proposal by Senator John Milkovich that would that would ban abortion after 15 weeks from conception.
On Wednesday, April 4, Louisiana’s House Education Committee heard House Bill 499, which sought to provide comprehensive sex education instruction in Louisiana’s public schools. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, the House voted against the bill.
