Rep. Aimee Freeman, D-New Orleans, sponsored the bill to enshrine abortion in the constitution, which the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee killed.

Nearly two years after Louisiana launched one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, legislators have killed an effort to let voters decide whether to do away with the ban and enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.

That decision comes on the heels of a report, sponsored by pro-abortion rights groups, which found that fears of criminal penalties for performing abortions are wreaking havoc on the state’s maternal healthcare system, as doctors hesitate to provide miscarriage care for fear of running afoul of the ban.

  • @[email protected]
    34•3 months ago

    A physician who sees 3,600 patients a year “told me nothing has changed. She fears no criminalization,” said Ben Clapper, director of Louisiana Right to Life, the state’s powerful anti-abortion lobbying group. “She’s able to care for mothers and babies effectively.”

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    • 6daemonbag
      7•3 months ago

      Fucking Ben Clapper with his million fucking baby having ass. It was obvious in college he was going to take his bullshit all the way to the top

    • Flying Squid
      2•3 months ago

      She’s able to care for mothers and babies effectively.”

      Either party dying during or soon after delivery counts as “effectively.”