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.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Funny how all the Republican-controlled governments passing abortion bans are trying their hardest to keep the public from having a say.

    It’s almost like the people of most if not all states are majority pro-choice and Republican governments aren’t adequately representative of them… 🤔