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Two Baton Rouge advocates for abortion rights will attend the State of the Union Address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.
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The legislation mirrors bills filed in other states that counter a national conservative movement to revoke access to birth control and other reproductive health care.
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An updated version of the 2016 play is being staged in an unexpected place — the capitol of a state with a near-total abortion ban.
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More than a dozen states now have near-total abortion bans. Among those states, only Alabama explicitly includes “serious mental illness” as an allowable exception.
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Support for abortion rights in Louisiana grew over the last year, and a majority of people now say abortion should generally be legal, according to Louisiana State University’s annual statewide survey.
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House Republicans voted down two bills that would have given physicians greater autonomy to care for pregnancy complications amid Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban, after opposition from Louisiana Right to Life in a committee hearing Tuesday.
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Two bills to add rape and incest exceptions to Louisiana’s abortion ban failed in the state House Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday.
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A bill that would give up to $5 million in tax breaks for donations to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers cleared the Senate finance committee on Monday.
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Physicians and Gulf South advocates say much won’t change in their states — which have total abortion bans in place — whether mifepristone is banned or not.
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A majority of likely voters in Louisiana support abortion rights and greater access to abortion than allowed under the state’s near-total ban, according to a new poll released Monday.