Louisiana Abortion Law Unconstitutional As It Presents Substantial Obstacles To Women Seeking Abortion: US Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
4 years, 8 months ago

Louisiana Abortion Law Unconstitutional As It Presents Substantial Obstacles To Women Seeking Abortion: US Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

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The Supreme Court of United States has held that a stringent abortion law in Louisiana is unconstitutional as it places substantial obstacles in the path of women seeking an abortion in Louisiana.The majority reiterated the observations made in a 2016 judgment by the Court that that unnecessary health regulations that have the purpose or effect. The Supreme Court of United States has held that a stringent abortion law in Louisiana is unconstitutional as it places substantial obstacles in the path of women seeking an abortion in Louisiana. The Court was hearing an appeal filed by several abortion clinics and providers to a Louisiana law nearly identical to the Texas law which was struck down four years ago in Whole Woman's Health. Authoring the judgment for the majority, Justice Breyer observed that Louisiana's law poses a "substantial obstacle" to women seeking an abortion; that the law offers no significant health-related benefits; and that the law consequently imposes an "undue burden" on a woman's constitutional right to choose to have an abortion.The judge said: "This case is similar to, nearly identical with, Whole Woman's Health.

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The Big New Hurdle Facing Abortion Rights in State Courts
55 years, 2 months ago

The Big New Hurdle Facing Abortion Rights in State Courts

Slate  

This piece was originally published on State Court Report, a hub for reporting, analysis, and commentary about state courts and constitutions. Last month, the Georgia Supreme Court remanded a challenge to Georgia’s six-week abortion ban to the trial court, instructing it to evaluate the case, Georgia v. SisterSong, in light of a January state high court decision that eliminated third-party …

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws
1 month ago

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country. Texas didn’t bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she’s charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing …

Louisiana’s Prosecution of a New York Abortion Provider Will Test the Entire Country
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Louisiana’s Prosecution of a New York Abortion Provider Will Test the Entire Country

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The cross-border abortion wars escalated Friday, when a Louisiana grand jury indicted Margaret Carpenter, a physician from New York, for violating the state’s criminal abortion laws. Carpenter is based in New York, which is one of the states that …

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances

Raw Story  

"Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “Forcing a clinician to jump through administrative hurdles in order to access a safe, effective medicine is not medically justified and is, …

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

The Independent  

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Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

LA Times  

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. The justices did not detail their reasoning for …

The Supreme Court Cost Amber Thurman Her Life
55 years, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court Cost Amber Thurman Her Life

Slate  

This week, ProPublica reported on the story of Amber Thurman, a young mother from Georgia, whose death after being denied abortion care is heartbreaking and enraging and was completely preventable. According to ProPublica’s in-depth coverage, in 2022 Thurman arrived at a Georgia emergency department seeking medical care shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton in 2021 granted the group’s request to allow advanced practice clinicians to provide medication abortion pending her decision in the underlying case. Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit argued there was no medical …

Louisiana reclassifies drugs used in abortions as controlled dangerous substances
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana reclassifies drugs used in abortions as controlled dangerous substances

Salon  

Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, a move that has alarmed doctors in the state. Bill Born From a Family’s Misfortune The proposal to reschedule the drugs as controlled dangerous substances was introduced as amendments to Pressly’s original bill creating the crime of “coerced …

Editorial: Supreme Court squandered a chance to protect medically necessary abortions
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Supreme Court squandered a chance to protect medically necessary abortions

LA Times  

A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24. The Supreme Court on Thursday put back in place an injunction from a lower court that blocks a draconian portion of Idaho’s abortion ban which only allows emergency abortions to prevent a pregnant person’s death. Ideally, the court would have ruled that …

What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state’s strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court’s website and obtained by Bloomberg News. The Biden administration argues that Idaho’s law …

Judge rules that federal agency can’t enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi
9 months ago

Judge rules that federal agency can’t enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions. “The District Court applied a common sense interpretation of the plain words …

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

Associated Press  

— Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known as “abortion pills,” say it would protect expectant mothers from coerced abortions, though they …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

Associated Press  

— Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription, a move that doctors fear could prevent them from adequately treating their patients in a timely manner. More than 200 doctors signed a letter to lawmakers saying the measure could produce a “barrier to physicians’ ease of prescribing …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced …

Supreme Court Debates Emergency Abortion Care
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Debates Emergency Abortion Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court heard heated arguments on Wednesday over whether states can criminalize life-saving, stabilizing abortion care in emergency medical situations. The Supreme Court case focuses on one of the Idaho ban’s three narrowly defined exceptions: when an abortion is “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.” Federal law states that physicians are legally required …

Supreme Court weighs whether hospitals obligated to provide emergency abortions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court weighs whether hospitals obligated to provide emergency abortions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a …

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Associated Press  

Follow the AP’s live coverage of arguments in the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The Biden administration says abortion care must be allowed in those …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
10 months, 3 weeks ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions
11 months ago

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions

Huff Post  

Photo: Getty The Supreme Court this week will debate whether states have the power to outlaw life-saving abortions in hospital emergency rooms. “This case could radically alter how emergency medicine is practiced in this country and make pregnant people second-class citizens in America’s emergency rooms,” Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, told reporters on a press …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit
1 year ago

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit

Associated Press  

— Three Montana laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation, a state judge said in granting a motion for summary judgment filed by Planned Parenthood of Montana. But she said the organization’s efforts continue, noting Montana’s Legislature in 2023 passed another slate of bills seeking to limit abortion access. District Court …

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit
1 year ago

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three Montana laws restricting abortion …

In Texas case, federal appeals panel says emergency care abortions not required by 1986 law
1 year, 2 months ago

In Texas case, federal appeals panel says emergency care abortions not required by 1986 law

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require hospitals in Texas hospitals to provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The administration issued guidance that year saying hospitals “must” provide abortion services if there’s a risk to the mother’s life, citing the …

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions
1 year, 3 months ago

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to rule on restrictions imposed by a lower court on a widely used abortion pill in the latest skirmish in the battle over reproductive rights in the United States. The lower court ruling imposing restrictions on the use of the abortion drug mifepristone has been on hold pending a decision by the conservative-dominated Supreme Court …

The US Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of Medication Abortion
55 years, 2 months ago

The US Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of Medication Abortion

Wired  

The US Supreme Court decided Wednesday to hear a case challenging access to abortion pills in the United States, including in states where abortion is legal. Pills are now the most common abortion method in the US; curtailing the availability of medication abortion would be a major blow to reproductive health care. “The future of telehealth for medication abortion care …

Opinion: A Texas case shows how cruel and illusory the latest abortion-ban exceptions can be
1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: A Texas case shows how cruel and illusory the latest abortion-ban exceptions can be

LA Times  

Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis, had to leave her home state of Texas in order to obtain an abortion. A historic drama playing out in Texas ended Tuesday when the Texas Supreme Court held that Kate Cox, a woman 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus with trisomy 18, an almost always fatal abnormality, could not legally end …

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas
1 year, 3 months ago

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas

NPR  

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas Enlarge this image toggle caption Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images On Monday, Texas' state Supreme Court issued an opinion with broad repercussions when it ruled against Kate Cox's petition to have a health-preserving abortion in her state. It's about one abortion, but the implications …

Texas attorney general temporarily blocks court-approved abortion
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas attorney general temporarily blocks court-approved abortion

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Texas Supreme Court …

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking abortion as she is forced to leave state
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking abortion as she is forced to leave state

The Telegraph  

The Supreme Court of Texas has overturned a ruling that would have allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy under the medical exception to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Instead, the court said, Dr Karsan would need to determine in her “reasonable medical judgment” that Ms Cox had a “life-threatening condition” and that an abortion was necessary to prevent her …

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law
1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: This Texas woman is exposing a chilling truth about abortion law

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ziegler is the Martin Luther King Jr. But given the popularity of abortion rights — and the obvious tragedy faced by women like Cox — why are states like Texas fighting so hard to defend their narrow exceptions? Conceding that a woman like Cox is right could threaten to send much else about criminal abortion laws toppling …

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state’s Supreme Court

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health. The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Dr. Austin Dennard …

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care
1 year, 6 months ago

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women across the U.S. filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging abortion restrictions that went into effect in Republican-led states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. A woman in Oklahoma who said she had a dangerous and nonviable pregnancy filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday asserting that she was denied an abortion despite a …

One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws
1 year, 8 months ago

One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws

Salon  

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world. In the past year, women's rights organizations and women's health advocates have brought numerous legal challenges to restrictive abortion laws. As a result, physicians are choosing to leave states with the …

Louisiana lawmakers pressed to resurrect bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 9 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers pressed to resurrect bill banning gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— A longtime Republican lawmaker, in rural Louisiana, is facing national backlash following his tie-breaking vote to kill a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in the state. He added that he relied on “science and data and not political or societal pressure.” With Mills’ vote, the bill — which would have prohibited hormone treatments, gender-affirming …

Hospitals in two states denied an abortion to a miscarrying patient — investigators say they broke federal law
1 year, 10 months ago

Hospitals in two states denied an abortion to a miscarrying patient — investigators say they broke federal law

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The court found “EMTALA creates obligations to stabilize both a pregnant woman and her unborn child, and it fails to resolve the tension when those duties conflict.” Texas law, the court pointed out, allows abortion only in cases “when the medical condition is life-threatening” and the patient’s condition “pose a serious risk of …

Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law, U.S. says
1 year, 10 months ago

Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law, U.S. says

LA Times  

Mylissa Farmer’s water broke at 17 weeks of pregnancy. The findings, revealed in documents obtained by the Associated Press, are a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or severely restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman’s health is at risk. “We …

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling on Friday that would have blocked access to medication abortion throughout the United States. Earlier this month, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee in Amarillo, Texas, ruled to block the Food and Drug Administration's long-standing authorization of the abortion drug mifepristone, overruling both the expert medical opinion of regulators and two …

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge
1 year, 11 months ago

Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes. But the number of conservative lawsuits filed in Amarillo has spawned accusations of “judge shopping” or that right-wing plaintiffs …

Another Red-State Supreme Court Finds a Constitutional Right to Lifesaving Abortions
1 year, 11 months ago

Another Red-State Supreme Court Finds a Constitutional Right to Lifesaving Abortions

Slate  

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that its state constitution guarantees the right to terminate a pregnancy that threatens a patient’s life. The ruling allows physicians to provide an abortion “at any point in the pregnancy” whenever they determine, with “a reasonable degree of medical certainty,” that denying care would “endanger the woman’s life.” As three justices elaborated in …

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives
2 years ago

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit filed Monday in state court said the Texas law, one of the strictest in the country, is …

Five women who were denied emergency abortion care in Texas sue the state over ‘barbaric’ restrictions
2 years ago

Five women who were denied emergency abortion care in Texas sue the state over ‘barbaric’ restrictions

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. None of the state’s bans make exceptions for …

Lawsuit: Mississippi abortion ban might not be valid yet
2 years, 4 months ago

Lawsuit: Mississippi abortion ban might not be valid yet

Associated Press  

— A group of anti-abortion doctors in Mississippi, where state leaders led the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade, say the validity of the state’s law banning most abortions remains uncertain and that further legal action is needed to clarify it and protect them from possible punishment by medical institutions. “After Roe was overturned, Mississippi enacted a ban on elective …

Supreme Court ruling will help promote safe abortions, say medical experts
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court ruling will help promote safe abortions, say medical experts

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court’s ruling that unmarried women are also entitled to seek termination of 24 weeks of pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship is a “progressive” judgment and will help promote safe abortion practices, medical practitioners and women rights activists said on Thursday. In a significant ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court declared that even an unmarried woman can …

Louisiana woman denied abortion wants ‘vague’ ban clarified
2 years, 6 months ago

Louisiana woman denied abortion wants ‘vague’ ban clarified

Associated Press  

— A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion — even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition — demanded on Friday that Gov. Davis was among the first women to be caught in the crosshairs of confusion due to Louisiana’s rush to restrict abortion, but she will hardly be the last,” Ben Crump, an attorney for …

Woman with a nonviable fetus denied abortion in Louisiana
2 years, 6 months ago

Woman with a nonviable fetus denied abortion in Louisiana

Raw Story  

A woman in Louisiana is being denied an abortion despite her fetus being nonviable, according to WAFB. Acrania causes the death of a newborn baby within hours of being born and doctors at Woman's hospital in Baton Rouge advised her to have an abortion. "Ten weeks into my pregnancy, I found out that my baby had a rare birth defect …

Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied abortion after fetus’ fatal diagnosis says ‘it should not happen to any other woman’
2 years, 6 months ago

Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied abortion after fetus’ fatal diagnosis says ‘it should not happen to any other woman’

CNN  

CNN — A pregnant Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied an abortion despite the fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition says other women should not have to experience her plight. Nancy Davis said she is planning to get an abortion in another state after a Louisiana hospital allegedly chose not to perform the procedure even though her baby …

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden administration’s emergency abortion care guidance
2 years, 6 months ago

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden administration’s emergency abortion care guidance

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A federal judge in Texas has blocked enforcement of a …

Louisiana officials withhold New Orleans flood protection funding over abortion
2 years, 6 months ago

Louisiana officials withhold New Orleans flood protection funding over abortion

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In the middle of hurricane season, officials in Louisiana have …

Louisiana’s three abortion clinics will close and relocate out of state as anti-abortion law goes into effect
2 years, 7 months ago

Louisiana’s three abortion clinics will close and relocate out of state as anti-abortion law goes into effect

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Louisiana’s three remaining abortion clinics are preparing to move out …

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