New Louisiana abortion, marriage laws take effect Thursday
Associated Press— People must be at least 16 years old to marry in Louisiana, medical marijuana patients can inhale cannabis and women seeking medication abortions face new restrictions, as more than 260 new state laws take effect Thursday. Medication abortions, administered through pills that induce miscarriage at early stages of pregnancy, must be performed at Louisiana’s three licensed abortion clinics in New Orleans, Shreveport and Baton Rouge, not in a gynecologist’s office. CHILD SAFETY SEATS Louisiana has a toughened child safety seat law that requires children to stay in child restraint systems longer and includes more details about which children must be in car seats, booster seats and the vehicle’s back seat. HAZING Anti-hazing laws are toughening, in continuing response to the 2017 alcohol-related death of Louisiana State University fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver in what officials described as a hazing ritual.
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Louisiana House reverses course, minimum marriage age passes
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Citing "very mature" 16 year olds, Louisiana Republicans reject setting a minimum age for marriage
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