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.
Legislation is moving forward and we're keeping track of them.
These bills will be up for a vote in the House of Representatives this week
This week, the justices heard oral arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v.
Often getting women in the door of their facilities under the guise of free pregnancy tests and free ultrasounds, crisis pregnancy centers, on their face, don’t look all that bad. However, inside those doors, women are often faced with highly anti-choice propaganda from people who they may have mistakenly misunderstood to be medical professionals or doctors who could help them in their times of need.
Last week, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC), which operates two clinics in Louisiana, filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) for it’s unconstitutional attempts to prevent the clinics from providing comprehensive reproductive healthcare services, including abortion. Lift Louisiana fully supports this challenge, which is now the fifth lawsuit pending against LDH’s burdensome and unconstitutional attacks on reproductive health and abortion providers.
On Monday, the Senate will vote on S. 2133, a nationwide ban on abortions past 20 weeks. Voices from Louisianans, who know that this restriction harms patients, are essential to defeating it. Please call today!
The 2017 Women's Marches across the country began a wave of activism that this country has not seen in decades. We are now sponsoring the 2018 New Orleans Women's March to show that the fight is no where near over.
Today Lift Louisiana submitted comments on the US Health and Human Services Department's interim final rules which expand exemptions to protect religious and
