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Chris Miller
May 29, 2019 - 5:17 pm

Louisiana lawmakers approve fetal heartbeat abortion ban

Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives voted 79-23 Wednesday to outlaw abortion in Louisiana if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Rep. Valerie Hodges (R-Denham Springs) said in presenting the bill that if life ends when a heartbeat starts, then logically, it should begin when there is a...
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Dave Cohen, WWL First News early edition
May 27, 2019 - 10:46 pm

Bills to ban most or nearly all abortions scheduled for votes

UPDATE: Debate on the bill was delayed until Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Louisiana lawmakers are set to take up proposed final passage of several abortion bills in the closing days of the legislative session. Senate Bill 184 is scheduled for House debate Tuesday. It would ban most abortions in...
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In this Thursday, May 23, 2019, photo, Nancy St Germain, 71, right, of Warwick, R.I., leans forward to show her sign to a driver leaving a fundraiser for the Rhode Island Senate Democrats political action committee in Providence, R.I. Her sign reads, "This fight isn't over." Protesters gathered at the fundraiser to pressure legislative leaders to bring a bill seeking to protect abortion rights to the Senate floor for a vote. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
May 27, 2019 - 3:08 pm

In some Democrat-led states, lawmakers differ on abortion

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bill seeking to preserve abortion protections in state law fails to pass a key committee. Lawmakers cite God, church and faith in proclaiming their opposition to it. Abortion-rights groups protest outside a gathering of lawmakers. What sounds like a legislative fight in a...
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May 25, 2019 - 8:44 am

Pope: Abortion is never OK, equates it to “hiring a hitman”

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term. Speaking to a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference, Francis said the...
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Faithful reach out to Pope Francis during an audience with participants of a pilgrimage of the Italian-Albanian diocese of Lungro, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
May 25, 2019 - 8:18 am

Pope: Abortion is never OK, equates it to "hiring a hitman"

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term. Speaking to a Vatican-sponsored anti-abortion conference, Francis said the...
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Amanda Furdge of Jackson and a mother of three boys, relates her experience seeking an abortion in the state, as she addresses abortion rights advocates at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., during a rally to voice their opposition to state legislatures passing abortion bans that prohibit most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The rally in Jackson was one of many around the country to protest abortion restrictions that states are enacting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
May 24, 2019 - 6:33 pm

'Here we go again': Judge blocks Mississippi abortion ban

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, at about six weeks of pregnancy. "Here we go again," U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote in his order. "Mississippi has passed another law...
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President Donald Trump delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 24, 2019 - 3:27 pm

Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved Friday to revoke newly won health care discrimination protections for transgender people, the latest in a series of actions that aim to reverse gains by LGBTQ Americans in areas ranging from the military to housing and education. The Health and Human...
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Protesters for women's rights hold a rally on the Alabama Capitol steps to protest a law passed last week making abortion a felony in nearly all cases with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
May 24, 2019 - 10:01 am

Federal lawsuit filed to block Alabama's new abortion ban

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions on the procedure. The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit...
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Chris Miller
May 22, 2019 - 3:55 pm

Proposed abortion restrictions draw protests in downtown NOLA

A large crowd gathered mid day in downtown New Orleans to demonstrate against proposals to restrict abortions in Louisiana. Louisiana lawmakers are considering a couple of pro-life proposals this session, including one that would forbid abortions once the fetus has a heartbeat -- typically at six...
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Jim Hanzo
May 22, 2019 - 8:07 am

Pro-choice protesters gather for rally at Poydras and St. Charles today at noon

Pro-choice protestors will gather at Poydras and St. Charles today. They are upset about two anti-abortion bills making headway in the Louisiana legislature. Demonstrators today are holding rallies against the new wave of abortion laws coast to coast. The protests will be held at the Hancock...
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