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• La., Miss. senators introduce 'no taxpayer funding for abortion' bill

  January 25, 2023 7:15 PM

  WASHINGTON - Republican senators from Louisiana and Mississippi are among those signing on to a bill that they say would prohibit the use of federal funds for abortion services. Branded the " No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act ," the legislation does not prohibit any "individual, entity, or State... more »

• 'Pink tax' exemption for menstrual products takes effect in Louisiana

  July 1, 2022 10:52 AM

  LOUISIANA - After the bill was signed into law in June of 2021, the "pink tax" exemption, which removes sales taxes from menstrual products, has gone into effect starting July 1. State Representative Aimee Adatto (D-New Orleans) authored the bill as a way to save residents money while also... more »

• Mike Pence calls upon Supreme Court to overturn abortion rights

  November 30, 2021 12:55 PM

  Former Vice-President Mike Pence is requesting that the Supreme Court overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade case that legalized abortion. BBC News reports that Pence will speak out on the matter of abortion during a Tuesday afternoon speech and refer to the landmark ruling as, "a misguided decision" that... more »

• Judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Texas abortion law Play Video

  October 7, 2021 10:05 AM

  A federal judge temporarily blocked Texas' near-total abortion ban Wednesday. The law would prohibit women in Texas from obtaining an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. After the prohibition was approved by the state's Republican politicians and the Supreme Court did not step in to prevent Texas from... more »

• Demonstrators disrupt church services across Poland to protest abortion ruling

  October 26, 2020 11:01 AM

  LODZ, Poland - After Polish officials announced a near-total ban on abortion in late October, protesters responded on Sunday by disrupting church services across the country, some dressing as characters from The Handmaid's Tale, a popular dystopian novel-turned-on-demand-series series by Margaret Atwood about a world that suppresses women , CNN... more »

• Louisiana lawmaker also wants restrictive abortion law

  March 20, 2018 7:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Mississippi recently passed the most restrictive abortion law in the country and now a Louisiana lawmaker wants to do the same. Senator John Milkovich (D-Shreveport) wants to ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks from conception, just like the Mississippi law. "Ultimately our goal is... more »

• Clinic no longer performing abortions in Baton Rouge

  February 25, 2016 1:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Abortions are no longer being performed in Baton Rouge since the only abortion clinic here no longer meets state law. After a court upheld the law requiring doctors at clinics have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, the facility in East Baton Rouge was forced to... more »

• Edwards passes the abortion buck to Landry

  January 26, 2016 8:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Lucrative contracts for outside lawyers handling the state's defense of a law requiring abortion doctors to have certain admitting privileges at area hospitals will be supervised by the State Attorney General. The AG will take responsibility from the Department of Health and Hospitals, which had been... more »

• Judge rules La. anti-abortion law unconstitutional

  January 26, 2016 6:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Jindal-era law which would have required abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals is unconstitutional. U. S. District Court Judge John deGravelles said the law, Act 620, places too much of an undue burden on women in... more »

• Planned Parenthood sues Jindal over Medicaid order

  August 25, 2015 11:33 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to stop Governor Bobby Jindal's attempt to end their Medicaid service provider agreement, and with it Medicaid funding. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and three patients filed the suit requesting an injunction to stop enforcement of Jindal's... more »

• Jindal to show anti-abortion videos at Planned Parenthood rally Play Video

  August 20, 2015 12:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal's office said large-screen projectors will play videos released by an anti-abortion group during a Planned Parenthood protest at the Governor's Mansion Thursday afternoon. Jindal's office said the screens will play the videos from the Centers for Medical Progress on a loop during the... more »