Recent studies from both the CDC and Child Development reported that teens today are having much less sex than ever before. Teens are remaining abstinent for much longer than they used to, and those who are not remaining abstinent are using more protection when they do choose to have sex. A common assumption is that high school and one’s teenage years are often a time of sexual experimentation and exploration, but it seems as though this is becoming less and less true every year.

U.S. Senators have finally failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and strip millions of Americans of health insurance and essential health benefits. This is an epic failure of the leadership and reveals the fraud that the conservatives have pushed for seven years. 

The U.S. Senate drafted its Better Care Reconciliation Act in secret, without the benefit of public hearings. And now this bill, which would affect the health care of nearly every Louisiana resident in some way, is undergoing revisions in secret with the hopes of bringing it to a vote next week.

Louisiana Lawmakers Finally Acknowledge Women Deserve Equal Rights

New Orleans, LA (May 31, 2017) – A Louisiana Senate committee voted today to move favorably on SCR 45, a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The resolution was introduced by Yvonne Colomb and is co-sponsored by Senators Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson.